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  PRACTICE DIRECTION – CROWN PROCEEDINGS
  THIS PRACTICE DIRECTION SUPPLEMENTS CPR PART 66
 
  Contents of this Practice Direction
 
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SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS
   

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1.1   
Rule 30.3(2) sets out the circumstances to which the court must have regard when considering whether to make an order under section 40(2), 41(1) or 42(2) of the County Courts Act 1984 (transfer between the High Court and County Court), rule 30.2(1) (transfer between county courts) or rule 30.2(4) (transfer between the Royal Courts of Justice and the district registries).
 
1.2   
From time to time the Attorney General will publish a note concerning the organisation of the Government Legal Service and matters relevant to the venue of Crown proceedings, for the assistance of practitioners and judges. When considering questions of venue under rule 30.3(2), the court should have regard to the Attorney General's note in addition to all the other circumstances of the case.

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SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS
2.1   
In civil proceedings by or against the Crown, documents required to be served on the Crown must be served in accordance with rule 6.5(8).
 
(The list published under section 17 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 of the solicitors acting for the different government departments on whom service is to be effected, and of their addresses is annexed to this Practice Direction).

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List of Authorised Government Departments

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