{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-14.5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-14.5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/14.5",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "14.5",
  "heading": "Who is to serve",
  "text": "(1) The general rules about service in Part 6 are subject to this rule.\n(2) In proceedings to which this Part applies, a document which has been issued or prepared by a court officer will be served by the court officer except where—\n(a) a practice direction provides otherwise; or\n(b) the court directs otherwise.\n(3) Where a court officer is to serve a document, it is for the court to decide which of the methods of service specified in rule 6.23 or rule 6.23A is to be used.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 14.5(3) inserted (13.1.2025) by The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2024 (S.I. 2024/1016), rules 1(3)(b), 9"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/14.5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:22:56.480940+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."
}