{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-6.23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-6.23.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/6.23",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "6.23",
  "heading": "Method of service",
  "text": "A document may be served by any of the following methods—\n(a) personal service, in accordance with rule 6.25;\n(b) first class post, document exchange or other service which provides for delivery on the next business day, in accordance with Practice Direction 6A;\n(c) leaving it at a place specified in rule 6.26; or\n(d) fax or e-mail in accordance with Practice Direction 6A.\n(Rule 6.35 provides for the court to permit service by an alternative method or at an alternative place.)",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in rule 6.23(d) substituted (7.12.2015) by The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/1868), rules 1(2), 5"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/6.23",
    "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."
}