Rule 13 Service and filing of documents

Any document or copy thereof required to be served or sent under the 1987 Order or under this Order may be served personally on the person to be served or sent by registered post or by the recorded delivery service in an envelope addressed to the person to be served at his place of residence or, in the case of service on a Board, HSC Trust or other body, addressed to it at its official address or by delivering it personally to the secretary, clerk or other responsible officer of the authority or body at its office.

Proof of service of documents under the 1987 Order as applied with modifications by the Parental Orders Regulations or under this Order shall be by affidavit.

Where a document is served by post in accordance with this rule—

A petition submitted to the chief clerk and any notice, affidavit, or other document or copy thereof required to be filed with the chief clerk under this Order shall be so submitted, or, as the case may be, filed either by delivery thereof to him personally or to some responsible person at this office or by sending the document by registered post or by the recorded delivery service in an envelope addressed to him at that office.

Notwithstanding anything in Order 6, any notice, petition or other document referred to in this rule may be served by a process server, a solicitor or member of the staff of that solicitor’s office over sixteen years of age.