Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008
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Amendment of section 1 of Courts (No. 3) Act 1986. |
19.— Section 1(14) (inserted by section 49 of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 ) of the Courts (No. 3) Act 1986 is amended by inserting the following after the definition of “ appropriate office ”: | |
“ ‘electronic means’, in relation to an application for a summons or the issue of a summons, includes the use of an information system (within the meaning of section 2 of the Electronic Commerce Act 2000 ) under the control of a person other than— | ||
(a) the person who applied for the summons or a person acting on his or her behalf, or | ||
(b) the appropriate office;”. |