Royal Court (Amendment No. 18) Rules 2014


Royal Court (Amendment No. 18) Rules 2014

Made                                                                      1st December 2014

Coming into force                                                  1st December 2014

THE SUPERIOR NUMBER OF THE ROYAL COURT, in pursuance of Article 13 of the Royal Court (Jersey) Law 1948[1], has made the following Rules –

1        Interpretation

In these Rules “principal Rules” means the Royal Court Rules 2004[2].

2        Part 5 amended

(1)     In Rule 5/6(2) of the principal Rules –

(a)     at the end of sub-paragraph (c) the word “or” shall be deleted;

(b)     for the full stop at the end of sub-paragraph (d) there shall be substituted a semi-colon followed by the word “or”;

(c)     after sub-paragraph (d) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph –

“(e)    in the case of a Minister (including the Chief Minister) the address specified for the time being by Order pursuant to Article 51A of the States of Jersey Law 2005[3].”.

(2)     For Rule 5/9 of the principal Rules there shall be substituted the following Rule –

“5/9   Personal service on the States or a Minister

(1)     Personal service of a document on the States may, in cases where provision is not otherwise made by any enactment, be effected by serving it in accordance with Rule 5/7 on the Greffier of the States.

(2)     Personal service of a document on a Minister (including the Chief Minister) may be effected by leaving it at the proper address of that Minister.”.

3        Citation and Commencement

These Rules may be cited as the Royal Court (Amendment No. 18) Rules 2014 and shall come into force forthwith.

M. THOMPSON

Master of the Royal Court

 

 


 



[1]                                    chapter 07.770

[2]                                    chapter 07.770.72

[3]                                    chapter 16.800


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