# The Family Procedure Rules 2010, Rule 6.40: Scope and interpretation


(1) This Chapter contains rules about—
(a) service of application forms and other documents out of the jurisdiction; and
(b) the procedure for service.
(“Jurisdiction” is defined in rule 2.3.)
(2) In this Chapter—
“application form” includes an application notice;
“Commonwealth State” means a State listed in Schedule 3 to the British Nationality Act 1981 ; and
“the Hague Convention” means the Convention on the service abroad of judicial and extra-judicial documents in civil or commercial matters signed at the Hague on November 15, 1965.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/6.40 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-6.40
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