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6436 Service on people with mental disabilities
served on a person for a proceeding with a mental disability who is
an adult (the relevant person) must be served instead on—
(a) the person who is the relevant person’s litigation guardian for
the proceeding; or
(b) if there is no-one under paragraph (a)—a person who is entitled
under rule 276 (2) (Who may be litigation guardian) to be the
relevant person’s litigation guardian for the proceeding; or
(c) if there is no-one under paragraph (a) or (b)—
(i) an adult who has the care of the relevant person; or
(ii) an adult with whom the relevant person lives.
Note Person with a mental disability is defined in the dictionary.
document, personal service of the document on a person under
subrule (1) is taken to be personal service on the relevant person.