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49.1.—(1) The notice which by virtue of section 3(4)(b) of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003(1) (general requirements for service of process) must accompany any process served outside the United Kingdom must give the information specified in paragraphs (2) and (4) below.

(2) The notice must—

(a)state that the person required by the process to appear as a party or attend as a witness can obtain information about his rights in connection therewith from the relevant authority; and

(b)give the particulars specified in paragraph (4) about that authority.

(3) The relevant authority where the process is served—

(a)at the request of the prosecuting authority, is that authority; or

(b)at the request of the defendant or the prosecutor in the case of a private prosecution, is the court by which the process is served.

(4) The particulars referred to in paragraph (2) are—

(a)the name and address of the relevant authority, together with its telephone and fax numbers and e-mail address; and

(b)the name of a person at the relevant authority who can provide the information referred to in paragraph (2)(a), together with his telephone and fax numbers and e-mail address.

(5) The magistrates’ court or Crown Court officer must send, together with any process served outside the United Kingdom —

(a)any translation which is provided under section 3(3)(b) of the 2003 Act; and

(b)any translation of the information required to be given by this rule which is provided to him.

(6) In this rule, ‘process’ has the same meaning as in section 51(3) of the 2003 Act.

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