{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-6/rule-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-6/rule-9.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/9",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Service in special circumstances",
  "text": "(1) Where [ the judge or district judge as the case may be] or chief clerk on the application of a solicitor is satisfied of the existence or imminence of such special circumstances as would render impracticable the service of any civil bill in accordance with the foregoing Rules of the Order, he may direct or authorise such service—\n(a) to be effected by means of the recorded delivery service; or\n(b) to be effected in such other manner and by such person and to be proved in such manner as he may direct.\n(2) Where it would be impracticable to make such an application as is provided for in paragraph (1) the solicitor for the plaintiff or a partner or apprentice of his may himself serve the civil bill as if he were a duly appointed process server. A solicitor who serves a civil bill or causes a civil bill to be served as aforesaid shall forthwith make and shall file in the Office, [ together with the certificate of readiness], an affidavit setting forth all relevant facts, and it shall be in the discretion of [ the judge or district judge as the case may be] to direct that such service be deemed good service.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Words amended by S.R. 2013 No. 19 with effect from 25.02.13"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Words substituted by S.R. 1995 No. 151 with effect from 1.9.95"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/6/rule/9",
    "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."
}