Service of process
7. For Order 7, rule 20(1), there shall be substituted the following—
“(1) The time within which a summons may be served shall, unless extended under the following provisions of this rule, be limited—
(a)where leave to serve the summons out of England and Wales is required under Order 8, rule 2, to a period of 6 months;
(b)in any other case, to a period of 4 months, beginning with the date of issue of the summons.”.