--(1) The methods of service permitted by this rule are in addition to any method of service permitted under-
----(a) rule 7 .8(1)(a) or (b); or
----(b) any relevant Civil Procedure Convention.
--Service under the Hague Convention
--(2) Where a claim form is to be served on a defendant in any country which is a party to the Hague Convention, the claim form may be served-
----(a) through the authority designated under the Hague Convention in respect of that country; or
----(b) if the law of that country permits-
--------(i) through the judicial authorities of that country; or
--------(ii) through the consular authority of Trinidad and Tobago in that country.
--Service under other Conventions
(3) Where a claim form is to be served on a defendant in any country which is a party to a Civil Procedure Convention to which Trinidad and Tobago is a party (other than the Hague Convention) providing for service in that country of court process, the claim form may be served, if the law of that country permits-
--------(i) through the judicial authorities of that country; or
--------(ii) through the consular authority of Trinidad and Tobago in that country.
--Service where there is no applicable Convention
--(4) Where a claim form is to be served on a defendant in any country with respect to which there is no relevant Civil Procedure Convention providing for service in that country of court process the claim form may be served, if the law of that country so permits--
--------(i) through the government of that country, where that government is willing to serve it; or
--------(ii) through the consular authority of Trinidad and Tobago in that country.
Notes
Amended by Legal Notice 140 of 2000.
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