970FProcedure on receipt of certificate of service

970F Procedure on receipt of certificate of service

(1)  Subject to subrule (5) , on receipt of a certificate of service in due form in relation to a local judicial document to which a request for service abroad relates, the Registrar –

(a) must arrange for the original certificate to be filed in the proceedings to which the document relates; and

(b) must send a copy of the certificate to –

(i) the practitioner on the record for the applicant in the proceedings; or

(ii) if there is no practitioner on the record for the applicant in the proceedings, the applicant.

(2)  For the purposes of subrule (1) , a certificate of service is in due form if –

(a) it is in accordance with Part 2 of the prescribed form; and

(b) it has been completed by a certifying authority for the Hague Convention country in which service was requested; and

(c) if the applicant requires a certificate of service that is completed by an additional authority to be countersigned by the Central Authority, it has been so countersigned.

(3)  On receipt of a statement of costs in due form in relation to the service of a local judicial document mentioned in subrule (1) , the Registrar must send to the practitioner or applicant who gave the undertaking mentioned in rule 970D(3) a notice specifying the amount of those costs.

(4)  For the purposes of subrule (3) , a statement of costs is in due form if –

(a) it relates only to costs of a kind mentioned in rule 970D(3)(a) ; and

(b) it has been completed by a certifying authority for the Hague Convention country in which service was requested.

(5)  Subrule (1) does not apply unless –

(a) adequate security to cover the costs mentioned in has been given under ; or