{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-6.24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-6.24.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/6.24",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "6.24",
  "heading": "Who is to serve",
  "text": "(1) A party to proceedings will serve a document which that party has prepared, or which the court has prepared or issued on behalf of that party, except where—\n(a) a rule or practice direction provides that the court will serve the document; or\n(b) the court directs otherwise.\n(2) Where a court officer is to serve a document, it is for the court to decide which method of service is to be used.\n(3) Where the court officer is to serve a document prepared by a party, that party must provide a copy for the court and for each party 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/2010/2955/rule/6.24",
    "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."
}