# The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment No. 4) 1989, Article 2: Service of process


For Order 6, rule 8(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) where leave to serve the writ out of the jurisdiction is required under Order 11, for 6 months,
(b) in any other case, for 4 months
beginning with the date of its issue.
(1A) A concurrent writ is valid in the first instance for the period of validity of the original writ which is unexpired at the date of issue of the concurrent writ.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2427/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-no-4-1989/article-2
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