{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-6/rule-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-6/rule-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1981/225",
  "legislation_title": "County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981",
  "path": "part/6/rule/1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Issue of civil bill",
  "text": "A civil bill shall be deemed to have been issued—\n(a) so soon as it has been received by a process server (or other person authorised by this Order) for service on any defendant; or\n(b) so soon as service of it has been accepted by a solicitor under Rule 3(4); or\n(c) without prejudice to paragraphs (a) and (b), so soon as an order for service of a civil bill has been made under Rule 6(2) or so soon as service declared sufficient under Rule 7 has been effected or so soon as service of a civil bill to which Rule 11 applies has been effected in accordance with that Rule; or\n(d) where service is by post, as soon as it has been posted; or\n(e) in an action such as is referred to in Rule 9(2) or Order 3 (where a civil bill is issued against “the personal representatives of AB deceased”) when a copy thereof is filed in the Office.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/6/rule/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:45:17.527867+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."
}