9.3 The period for filing acknowledgment of service
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(1) The general rule is that the period for filing an acknowledgment of service is the period of 14 days after the date of service of the claim form.
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(2) If a claim form is issued in one Member State, Territory or Circuit and served in another the period is 28 days after the date of service of the claim form.
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(3) If permission has been given under rule 8.2 for a claim form to be served without a statement of claim, the period for filing an acknowledgment of service is to be calculated from the date when the statement of claim is served.
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(4) A defendant may file an acknowledgment of service at any time before a request or application, as the case requires, for default judgment is filed at the court office out of which the claim form was issued.
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(5) Paragraph (1) does not apply where the claim is served —
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(a) outside the jurisdiction in accordance with Part 7; or
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(b) on an agent of an overseas principal under rule 5.17.
• Rules 7.5(2) and 5.17(4) deal with the time for filing an acknowledgment of service in those cases.
• Rule 59.3 makes special provision for extending the time for the Crown to acknowledge service.