# The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (Amendment) Order 1990, 


Judicial and extrajudicial documents drawn up in one Contracting State which have to be served on persons in another Contracting State shall be transmitted in accordance with the procedures laid down in the conventions and agreements concluded between the Contracting States.
Unless the State in which service is to take place objects by declaration to the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Communities, such documents may also be sent by the appropriate public officers of the State in which the document has been drawn up directly to the appropriate public officers of the State in which the addressee is to be found. In this case the officer of the State of origin shall send a copy of the document to the officer of the State applied to who is competent to forward it to the addressee. The document shall be forwarded in the manner specified by the law of the State applied to. The forwarding shall be recorded by a certificate sent directly to the officer of the State of origin.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2591/schedule/1/part/9/crossheading/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-act-1982-amendment-order-1990/schedule-1/part-9/crossheading-4
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