{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bank-insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2009/rule-271",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bank-insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2009/rule-271.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/356",
  "legislation_title": "The Bank Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bank-insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2009",
  "path": "rule/271",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "271",
  "heading": "Service outside the jurisdiction",
  "text": "(1) CPR Part 6 applies as regards any matter relating to the service of documents in Scotland and Northern Ireland except in cases where a rule makes provision as to the service of a document or the giving of a notice.\n(2) Where for the purposes of bank insolvency proceedings any process or order of the court, or other document, is required to be served on a person who is not in the United Kingdom—\n(a) with regard to the service of documents to which a rule makes provision, the court may order service to be effected within such time, on such person, at such place and in such manner as it thinks fit, and may also require such proof of service as it thinks fit,\n(b) with regard to the service of documents otherwise, CPR Rules 6.40(3) to 6.46 apply.\n(3) An application under paragraph (2)(a) shall be supported by a witness statement stating—\n(a) the grounds on which the application is made, and\n(b) in what place or country the person to be served is, or probably may be found.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 271(2)(b) substituted (15.11.2010) by The Bank Insolvency (England and Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/2579), rules 1, 80"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 271 in force at 25.2.2009, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/356/rule/271",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:17:34.546410+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."
}