{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-custody-rules-2000/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-custody-rules-2000/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2367",
  "legislation_title": "The Naval Custody Rules 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-custody-rules-2000",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Substituted service",
  "text": "(1) Where, in any case not falling within rule 3(3)—\n(a) a notice or other document is required under these Rules to be served by the person to whom the proceedings relate on a person other than the commanding officer; and\n(b) the person to whom the proceedings relate is in naval custody,\nthe requirement shall be satisfied by serving the notice or other document on the commanding officer together with a written request that he serve it on the person on whom under these Rules the document is required to be served.\n(2) Where a notice or other document is served on the commanding officer in accordance with paragraph (1), he shall serve that document on the person specified in the written request.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2367/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:30:30.388911+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."
}