{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-requests-and-orders-order-2005-part-5b-rules-2019/article-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2019/1369",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) Order 2005, Part 5B) Rules 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-requests-and-orders-order-2005-part-5b-rules-2019",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Giving of documents",
  "text": "(1) Any document required to be given to any person under these Rules may be given—\n(a) by post in accordance with rule 9;\n(b) by means of electronic communication in accordance with rule 10; or\n(c) by any method authorised by the court under rule 11.\n(2) If any document is given to a person in accordance with paragraph (1), it is deemed to have been received by that person unless the contrary is shown.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 8 in force at 12.11.2019, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1369/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:36:26.831076+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."
}