# The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment) 1993, Article 4: Duration of Admiralty writs in rem


In Order 6, rule 8, for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following—
“(1) For the purposes of service, a writ (other than a concurrent writ) is valid in the first instance—
(a) if an Admiralty writ in rem, for 12 months;
(b) where leave to serve the writ out of the jurisdiction is required under Order 11, for 6 months;
(c) in any other case, for 4 months
beginning with the date of its issue.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2133/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-1993/article-4
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