{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-6.16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-6.16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/6.16",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "6.16",
  "heading": "Deemed service by post or alternative service where no acknowledgment of service filed",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), if—\n(a) an application has been served on a respondent by email in accordance with rule 6.7A or by post or other service which provides for delivery on the next business day;\n(b) no acknowledgment of service has been returned to the court office; and\n(c) the court is satisfied that the respondent has received the application,\nthe court may direct that the application is deemed to be served.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 6.16(1)(a) inserted (6.4.2022) by The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/44), rules 1(3)(a), 17(a) (with rule 29); S.I. 2022/283, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in rule 6.16(1) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Family Procedure (Amendment No.3) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/3204), rules 1, 10 (with rule 137); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Rule 6.16(2) omitted (6.4.2022) by virtue of The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/44), rules 1(3)(a), 17(b) (with rule 29); S.I. 2022/283, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/6.16",
    "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."
}