Article 3 Service of documents

(1)

Subject to rule 30(2), any notice or other document required by these Rules to be served on a person may be served on that person by—

(a)

delivering it to him;

(b)

leaving it at his proper address;

(c)

sending it by post to that address; or

(d)

transmitting it to him by FAX or other means of electronic data transmission in accordance with rule 4.

(2)

For the purposes of these Rules, the reference to a person’s proper address shall be to such address determined in accordance with Schedule 1.

(3)

Paragraph (4) applies to the service of any document on a person bringing an appeal under section 83ZE of the Act, where—

(a)

notice has been served in accordance with rule 6(4) of the name and address of the legal adviser appointed by that person; and

(b)

no notice of the revocation of that appointment has been given in accordance with rule 6(5).

(4)

Where this paragraph applies (and without prejudice to paragraph (1)), the document may be served on the appellant by—

(a)

delivering it to his legal adviser;

(b)

leaving it at the address notified to the court administration officer in accordance with rule 6(4);

(c)

sending it by post to his legal adviser at that address; or

(d)

transmitting it to his legal adviser by FAX or other means of electronic data transmission in accordance with rule 4.

(5)

Paragraph (6) applies to the service of a document on a person bringing an appeal under section 83ZE of the Act in any case not falling within paragraph (3).

(6)

Where this paragraph applies (and without prejudice to paragraph (1)), the document may be served by—

(a)

delivering it to the appellant’s commanding officer;

(b)

leaving it at the proper address of the appellant’s commanding officer;

(c)

sending it by post to the appellant’s commanding officer at that address; or

(d)

transmitting it to his commanding officer by FAX or other means of electronic data transmission in accordance with rule 4.

(7)

Where a document is received by a person’s commanding officer in accordance with paragraph (6), he shall as soon as practicable serve it on that person.

(8)

In these Rules, “FAX” means the making of a facsimile copy of a document by the transmission of electronic signals.