{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-35",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-35.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2795",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure (Adoption) Rules 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005",
  "path": "article/35",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "35",
  "heading": "Methods of service",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a document may be served—\n(a) where it is not known whether a solicitor is acting on behalf of a party—\n(i) by delivering it to the party personally; or\n(ii) by delivering it at, or by sending it by first class post to, the party’s residence or last known residence; or\n(b) where a solicitor is known to be acting on behalf of a party—\n(i) by delivering the document at, or sending it by first class post to, the solicitor’s address for service; or\n(ii) through a document exchange in accordance with the relevant practice direction.\n(2) A notice of hearing must be served in accordance with paragraph (1)(a)(i) or (ii) irrespective of whether a solicitor is acting on behalf of a party.\n(3) Where it appears to the court that there is a good reason to authorise service by a method not permitted by paragraph (1), the court may direct that service is effected by an alternative method.\n(4) A direction that service is effected by an alternative method must specify—\n(a) the method of service; and\n(b) the date when the document will be deemed to be served.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2795/article/35",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:49:01.488224+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."
}