Article 13 Giving of documents to persons outside the United KingdomI1

England and Wales

(1)

If a document is to be given to a person who resides outside the United Kingdom, the document must be given in accordance with the terms of any relevant declaration.

(2)

In this rule, “relevant declaration” means—

(a)

a declaration made in accordance with Article 31(2) of the Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism agreed at Warsaw on 16th May 2005 M1 that judicial documents may not be sent directly to persons abroad by postal channels; or

(b)

a declaration made in accordance with Article 21(2) of the Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime agreed at Strasbourg on 8th November 1990 M2 that judicial documents may not be sent directly to persons abroad by postal channels.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: Council of Europe Treaty Series 198.
M2: European Treaty Series 141.

Commencement

I1: Rule 13 in force at 12.11.2019, see rule 1