The Railway Administration Order Rules 2001

Manner in which service of petition is to be effected

2.8—(1) Service of the petition in accordance with Rule 2.6 shall be effected by the petitioner, or his solicitor, or by a person instructed by him or his solicitor, not less than two days before the date fixed for the hearing.

(2) Service shall be effected as follows—

(a) on the protected railway company (subject to paragraph (3) below), by delivering the documents to its registered office;

(b) on any other person (subject to paragraph (4)), by delivering the documents to his proper address;

(c) in either case, in such manner as the court may direct.

(3) If delivery to the protected railway company’s registered office is not practicable or if the protected railway company is an unregistered company, service may be effected by delivery to the company’s last known principal place of business in England and Wales.

(4) Subject to paragraph (5), for the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), a person’s proper address is any which he has previously notified as his address for service; but if he has not notified any such address, service may be effected by delivery to his usual or last known address.

(5) In the case of a person who—

(a) is an authorised institution or a former authorised institution within the meaning of the Banking Act 1987(1),

(b) has appointed, or is or may be entitled to appoint, an administrative receiver of the protected railway company, and

(c) has not notified an address for service,

the proper address is the address of an office of that person where, to the knowledge of the petitioner, the protected railway company maintains a bank account or, where no such office is known to the petitioner, the registered office of that person, or, if there is no such office, his usual or last known address.

(6) Delivery of the documents to any place or address may be made by leaving them there, or sending them by first class post.

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1987 c. 22.