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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-custody-proceedings-rules-2009/article-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1098",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Custody Proceedings) Rules 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-custody-proceedings-rules-2009",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Service by another method",
  "text": "(1) A judge advocate may direct that a document may be served by a method other than those mentioned in rules 4 to 7.\n(2) A direction under this rule—\n(a) must specify—\n(i) the method to be used; and\n(ii) the date by which the document must be served; and\n(b) may specify the time on that date by which the document must be served.\n(3) A judge advocate may treat a document as served if the addressee responds to it, even if it was not served in accordance with these Rules.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1098/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:12:41.284954+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}