--(1) This rule applies where a claimant wishes to serve a claim form on a State.
--(2) Where that State has agreed to a method of service other than a method permitted by this Part, the claim may be served either by the method agreed or in accordance with the other rules in this Part.
--(3) The claimant must file at the court office-
----(a) a request for service to be arranged by the Minister with responsibility for Foreign Affairs;
----(b) a copy of the claim form; and
----(c) any translation required by virtue of rule 7.12.
--(4) The court office must send documents filed under this rule to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry with responsibility for Foreign Affairs with a request that the Minister arrange for the claim form to be served.
--(5) An official certificate by the Minister with responsibility for Foreign Affairs stating that a claim form has been duly served on a specified date in accordance with a request made under this rule is evidence of that fact.
--(6) A document purporting to be such a certificate is to be treated as such a certificate, unless it is proved not to be.
Notes
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