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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/smart-meter-communication-licensee-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2020/article-174",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/629",
  "legislation_title": "The Smart Meter Communication Licensee Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/smart-meter-communication-licensee-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2020",
  "path": "article/174",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "174",
  "heading": "Certificate of service",
  "text": "(1) The service of an application must be verified by a certificate of service.\n(2) The certificate of service must—\n(a) identify the application;\n(b) specify—\n(i) the name and registered number of the SMCL;\n(ii) the address of the registered office of the SMCL;\n(iii) the name of the applicant;\n(iv) the court in which the application was made and the court reference number;\n(v) the date of the application;\n(vi) whether the copy served was a sealed copy;\n(vii) the person served; and\n(viii) the manner of service and the date of service; and\n(c) be verified by a statement of truth.\n(3) Where the court has directed that service be effected in a particular manner, the certificate must be accompanied by a sealed copy of the order directing such manner of service.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/629/article/174",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:29:12.067094+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."
}