# The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2002, Paragraph 6.32: Scope and definitions


(1) This Section of this Part—
(a) applies to the service in England or Wales of any court process in connection with civil or commercial proceedings in a foreign court or tribunal; but
(b) does not apply where the Service Regulation applies.
(The Service Regulation is annexed to the relevant practice direction)
(2) In this Section—
(a) “convention country”—
(i) means a foreign country in relation to which there is a civil procedure convention providing for service in that country of process of the High Court; and
(ii) includes a country which is a party to the Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extra-Judicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters signed at the Hague on 15 November 1965; and
(b) “process server” means—
(i) a process server appointed by the Lord Chancellor to serve documents to which this Section applies, or
(ii) his authorised agent.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2058/schedule/1/paragraph/6.32 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2002/schedule-1/paragraph-6.32
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