Service by handing over a documentU.K.
4.3.—(1) A document may be served on—
(a)an individual by handing it to him or her;
(b)a corporation by handing it to a person holding a senior position in that corporation;
(c)an individual or corporation who is legally represented in the case by handing it to that representative;
(d)the prosecution by handing it to the prosecutor or to the prosecution representative;
(e)the court officer by handing it to a court officer with authority to accept it at the relevant court office; and
(f)the Registrar of Criminal Appeals by handing it to a court officer with authority to accept it at the Criminal Appeal Office.
(2) If an individual is under 18, a copy of a document served under paragraph (1)(a) must be handed to his or her parent, or another appropriate adult, unless no such person is readily available.
[Note. Certain legislation treats a body that is not a corporation as if it were one for the purposes of rules about service of documents. See for example section 143 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 M1.]
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