{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-6.21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-6.21.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/6.21",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "6.21",
  "heading": "Who is to serve",
  "text": "(1) A party to proceedings will serve a document which that party has prepared except where—\n(a) a rule or practice direction provides that the court will serve the document; or\n(b) the court orders otherwise.\n(2) The court will serve a document which it has prepared except where—\n(a) a rule or practice direction provides that a party must serve the document;\n(b) the party on whose behalf the document is to be served notifies the court that the party wishes to serve it; or\n(c) the court orders otherwise.\n(3) Where the court is to serve a document, it is for the court to decide which method of service is to be used.\n(4) Where the court is to serve a document prepared by a party, that party must provide a copy for the court and for each party to be served.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 6 substituted (1.10.2008) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/2178), rule 1(2), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in rule 6.21(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/521), regs. 1(1), 4(13) (with reg. 18) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 9(2)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/6.21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+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."
}