{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-40",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-40.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/40",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Certificate of service",
  "text": "(1) Where a rule, practice direction or court order requires a certificate of service, the certificate must state the details set out in the following table—\nMethod of service\nDetails to be certified\nPost\nDate of posting.\nPersonal\nDate of personal service.\nDocument exchange\nDate of delivery to the document exchange.\nDelivery of document to address\nDate when the document was delivered to the address.\nAlternative method permitted by the court\nAs required by the court.\n(2) Where an application form is to be served by the applicant he must file a certificate of service within 7 days beginning with the date on which the application form was 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/40",
    "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."
}