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Local Government Act 2002

Offences, penalties, infringement offences, and legal proceedings - Legal proceedings - Service

250: Service of legal proceedings on local authority

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“How to give legal papers to a local council”

If you need to give a legal document to a local authority as part of a court case, you have a few ways to do this. You can leave the document at the main public office of the local authority. Or, you can give it directly to the mayor, chairperson, or chief executive of the local authority. Either of these methods is okay for officially delivering the document to the local authority.

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Part 9 Offences, penalties, infringement offences, and legal proceedings
Legal proceedings: Service

250Service of legal proceedings on local authority

  1. A document in legal proceedings that must be served on a local authority may be served by being left at the principal public office of the local authority or given personally to the mayor, chairperson, or chief executive of the local authority.

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