{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-rules-2009/rule-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-rules-2009/rule-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2087",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-rules-2009",
  "path": "rule/5",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In rule 4.7 (Documents that must be served only by handing them over, leaving or posting them)—\n(a) for paragraph (1), substitute—\n“(1) The documents listed in paragraph (2) may be served—\n(a) on an individual, only under rule 4.3(1)(a) (handing over) or rule 4.4(1) and (2)(a) (leaving or posting); and\n(b) on a corporation, only under rule 4.3(1)(b) (handing over) or rule 4.4(1) and (2)(b) (leaving or posting).”; and\n(b) after paragraph (2), insert—\n“(3) An application under rule 62.3 for the court to punish for contempt of court may be served—\n(a) on an individual, only under rule 4.3(1)(a) (by handing it to him or her);\n(b) on a corporation, only under rule 4.3(1)(b) (by handing it to a person holding a senior position in that corporation).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 5 in force at 5.10.2009, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2087/rule/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:07:24.413372+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."
}