{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-6.4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-6.4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/6.4",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "6.4",
  "heading": "Methods of service",
  "text": "An application may be served by any of the following methods—\n(a) personal service in accordance with rule 6.7;\n(b) first class post, or other service which provides for delivery on the next business day, in accordance with Practice Direction 6A; ...\n(c) where rule 6.11 applies, document exchange ; or\n(d) email service in accordance with rule 6.7A.\n(Rule 6.23A specifies how service is to be effected on a person where there are reasonable grounds to believe that person is residing in a refuge.)",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in rule 6.4(b) omitted (6.4.2022) by virtue of The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/44), rules 1(3)(a), 7(a) (with rule 29); S.I. 2022/283, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in rule 6.4(c) substituted for full stop (6.4.2022) by The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/44), rules 1(3)(a), 7(b) (with rule 29); S.I. 2022/283, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Rule 6.4(d) inserted (6.4.2022) by The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/44), rules 1(3)(a), 7(c) (with rule 29); S.I. 2022/283, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in rule 6.4 inserted (13.1.2025) by The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2024 (S.I. 2024/1016), rules 1(3)(b), 3(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/6.4",
    "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."
}