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(1)The Lord Chancellor may by order make provision—
(a)conferring jurisdiction on the High Court in relation to proceedings in which county courts have jurisdiction;
(b)conferring jurisdiction on county courts in relation to proceedings in which the High Court has jurisdiction;
(c)allocating proceedings to the High Court or to county courts;
(d)specifying proceedings which may be commenced only in the High Court;
(e)specifying proceedings which may be commenced only in a county court;
(f)specifying proceedings which may be taken only in the High Court;
(g)specifying proceedings which may be taken only in a county court.
(2)Without prejudice to the generality of section 120(2), any such order may differentiate between categories of proceedings by reference to such criteria as the Lord Chancellor sees fit to specify in the order.
(3)The criteria so specified may, in particular, relate to—
(a)the value of an action (as defined by the order);
(b)the nature of the proceedings;
(c)the parties to the proceedings;
(d)the degree of complexity likely to be involved in any aspect of the proceedings; and
(e)the importance of any question likely to be raised by, or in the course of, the proceedings.
(4)An order under subsection (1)(b), (e) or (g) may specify one or more particular county courts in relation to the proceedings so specified.
(5)Any jurisdiction exercisable by a county court, under any provision made by virtue of subsection (4), shall be exercisable throughout England and Wales.
(6)Rules of court may provide for a matter—
(a)which is pending in one county court; and
(b)over which that court has jurisdiction under any provision made by virtue of subsection (4),
to be heard and determined wholly or partly in another county court which also has jurisdiction in that matter under any such provision.
(7)Any such order may—
(a)amend or repeal any provision falling within subsection (8) and relating to—
(i)the jurisdiction, practice or procedure of the Supreme Court; or
(ii)the jurisdiction, practice or procedure of any county court,
so far as the Lord Chancellor considers it to be necessary, or expedient, in consequence of any provision made by the order; or
(b)make such incidental or transitional provision as the Lord Chancellor considers necessary, or expedient, in consequence of any provision made by the order.
(8)A provision falls within this subsection if it is made by any enactment other than this Act or made under any enactment.
(9)Before making any such order the Lord Chancellor shall consult the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, the President of the Family Division, the Vice-Chancellor and the Senior Presiding Judge (appointed under section 72).
(10)No such order shall be made so as to confer jurisdiction on any county court to hear any application for judicial review.
(11)For the purposes of this section the commencement of proceedings may include the making of any application in anticipation of any proceedings or in the course of any proceedings.
(12)The Lord Chancellor shall, within one year of the coming into force of the first order made under this section, and annually thereafter, prepare and lay before both Houses of Parliament a report as to the business of the Supreme Court and county courts.
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