The Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) (Revision) 1980

Service of notice of writ in certain actions under certain Acts

7.—(1) Where a person to whom leave has been granted under rule 1 to serve notice of a writ on a High Contracting Party to the convention set out in Schedule I to the Carriage by Air Act 1961, the Schedule to the Carriage by Air (Supplementary Provisions) Act 1962 or the Schedule to the Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965, being a writ beginning an action to enforce a claim in respect of carriage undertaken by that Party, wishes to have the notice served on that Party, he must lodge in the Central Office—

(a) a request for service to be arranged by the Secretary of State; and

(b) a copy of the notice; and

(c) except where the official language of the High Contracting Party is, or the official languages of that Party include, English, a translation of the notice in the official language or one of the official languages of the High Contracting Party.

(2) Where a person to whom leave has been granted under rule 1 to serve notice of a writ on the government of a country outside the United Kingdom, being a writ beginning an action to enforce a claim by virtue of section 10 of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965, wishes to have the notice served on that government, he must lodge m the Central Office the documents mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph (1), and those sub-paragraphs shall apply accordingly with the substitution for references to the High Contracting Party of references to the country in question.

(3) Rule 6(7) shall apply in relation to a translation lodged under paragraphs (1) or (2) of this rule as it applies in relation to a translation lodged under paragraph (6) of that rule.

(4) Documents duly lodged under this rule shall be sent by the Master (Queen's Bench and Appeals) to the Secretary of State with a request that the Secretary of State arrange for the notice to be served on the High Contracting Party or the government in question, as the case may be.