Rule 11 Proceedings under the Crown Proceedings Act

The provisions of this Order relating to personal service shall not apply to any civil bill or other document required to be served on the Crown. Service of any such civil bill or document shall be in accordance with section 18 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (c.44) and may be effected either—

A civil bill at the suit of the Crown may by leave of [^f2 the judge or district judge as the case may be] be served out of Northern Ireland in any case in which leave might be granted by the High Court for the service of a writ of summons out of the jurisdiction. Where such leave has been given in any proceedings in a county court, the like leave may be given in respect of documents to be subsequently served in those proceedings.

Where leave is sought to serve a civil bill at the suit of the Crown anywhere in Great Britain, if it appears to [ the judge or district judge as the case may be] that there may be a concurrent remedy in England or Scotland (as the case may be), [ the judge or district judge as the case may be] shall have regard to the comparative cost and convenience of proceedings within the jurisdiction of the court, or in the place of residence of the intended defendant, and particularly to the powers and jurisdiction of the country courts in England, and of the sheriff courts or small debt courts in Scotland, respectively.

An application for leave to serve a civil bill at the suit of the Crown on a person outside the United Kingdom shall be supported by affidavit or other evidence—

and where [ the judge or district judge as the case may be] gives leave for the service of such a civil bill or other document outside the United Kingdom, he shall fix the return day, and in so doing shall have regard to the distance of the country wherein service is to be effected.

Where leave is given under the preceding paragraphs of this Rule for service out of the jurisdiction, such service shall, subject to this paragraph, be effected either—

but where the person to be served is outside Her Majesty’s dominions there shall be served on him a copy of the relevant order and a notice of commencement of proceedings to which there shall be annexed a copy of the document for the service of which leave has been given.