Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 (with appendices 1 and 2) substituted (1.1.1994) for Sch. 1 (with appendix) by S.I. 1993/1956, para. 2, Sch.1.
Sch. 1 (except rule 29.10) excluded (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1997/291, rule 3.24, Sch. 3
Sch. 1 extended (14.2.2000) by S.I. 2000/124, reg. 30(5)
30.9.(1)Where the address of a defender is not known to the pursuer, a charge shall be deemed to have been served on the defender if it is—
(a)served on the sheriff clerk of the sheriff court district where the defender’s last known address is located; and
(b)displayed by the sheriff clerk on the walls of court for the period of the charge.
(2)On receipt of such a charge, the sheriff clerk shall display it on the walls of court and it shall remain displayed for the period of the charge.
(3)The period specified in the charge shall run from the first date on which it was displayed on the walls of court.
(4)On the expiry of the period of charge, the sheriff clerk shall endorse a certificate on the charge certifying that it has been displayed in accordance with this rule and shall thereafter return it to the sheriff officer by whom service was executed.