Amendment to Order 41A - S.I. No. 471 of 2018: District Court (Service) Rules 2018
1. (1) These Rules, which shall come into operation on the 10th day of December 2018, may be cited as the District Court (Service) Rules 2018.
(2) These Rules shall be construed together with the District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997) and all other District Court Rules.
(3) The District Court Rules as amended by these Rules may be cited as the District Court Rules 1997 to 2018.
2. The District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997) are amended:
(i) by the substitution for rule 6 of Order 41A of the following rule:
“6 Where the Service Regulation applies (service in the European Union outside the State)
6. Where the person to be served is in another State in which the Service Regulation applies, service must be in accordance with the provisions of the Service Regulation which, in addition to lodgment for service with the Transmitting Agency in accordance with rule 11(2), may include:
(a) service by diplomatic or consular agents, in accordance with Article 13 of the Service Regulation (save where that Member State has communicated, in accordance with Article 23(1) of the Service Regulation, that it is opposed to the service of documents in its territory by diplomatic or consular agents), or
(b) direct service, in accordance with Article 15 of the Service Regulation (save where that Member State has communicated in accordance with Article 23(1) of the Service Regulation that it is opposed to direct service of documents in its territory).”.