{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2018/article-2.7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2018/article-2.7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/719",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2018",
  "path": "article/2.7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2.7",
  "heading": "Manner in which service to be effected",
  "text": "(1) Service of the application in accordance with rule 2.5 must be effected by the applicant, or the applicant’s solicitor, or by a person instructed by the applicant or the applicant’s solicitor, not less than 5 business days before the date fixed for the hearing.\n(2) Schedule 2 has effect to set out the manner in which service is to be effected.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 2.7 in force at 5.7.2018, see rule 1.1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/719/article/2.7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:56:44.383213+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."
}