# The County Court (Amendment No. 3) Rules 1994, Article 3: Duration of admiralty summons in rem


For Order 7, rule 20(1) there shall be substituted the following—
“(1) The time within which a summons may be served shall, unless extended under the following provisions of this rule, be limited—
(a) if an Admiralty summons in rem, to a period of 12 months;
(b) where leave to serve the summons out of England and Wales is required under Order 8, rule 2, to a period of 6 months;
(c) in any other case, to a period of 4 months,
beginning with the date of issue of the summons.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2403/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-no-3-rules-1994/article-3
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