PART 49INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION
Notice required to accompany process served outside the United Kingdom and translations49.1
1
The notice which by virtue of section 3(4)(b) of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 20031241 (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.