# County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981, Rule 5: Persons under disability

Extent: N.I.

(1) Where a defendant or party to any proceeding is a minor, the civil bill shall be served on his father or guardian or, if he has no father or guardian, then on the person with whom he resides; but [ the judge or district judge as the case may be] may order that service effected or to be effected on the minor shall be deemed good service.
(2) Where a defendant or party to any proceeding is a [ patient] the civil bill shall be served on his [ controller] or, if he has no [ controller], on the person with whom he resides or under whose care he is.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/6/rule/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-6/rule-5
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.