Period of notice after citationS
3.6.(1)Subject to rule 5.6(1) (service where address of person is not known) and to paragraph (2) of this rule, a cause shall proceed after one of the following periods of notice has been given to the defender:—
(a)where the defender is resident or has a place of business within Europe, 21 days after the date of execution of service; or
(b)where the defender is resident or has a place of business outside Europe, 42 days after the date of execution of service.
(2)Subject to paragraph (3), the sheriff may, on cause shown, shorten or extend the period of notice on such conditions as to the method or manner of service as he thinks fit.
(3)A period of notice may not be reduced to a period of less than 2 days.
(4)Where a period of notice expires on a Saturday, Sunday, or public or court holiday, the period of notice shall be deemed to expire on the next day on which the sheriff clerk’s office is open for civil court business.