(1)Any document required or authorised by virtue of sections 19 to 26 to be served on any person may be [F1served in accordance with Criminal Procedure Rules.]

[F2(1A)For the purposes of subsection (1)—

(a)Criminal Procedure Rules (as they have effect from time to time) apply to the document to be served as if it were a document to be served in criminal proceedings before a magistrates’ court, and

(b)any magistrates’ court may discharge functions conferred on a court by those Rules in relation to such service.]

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