Transitional provision3

A patents county court has jurisdiction to hear and determine a claim for damages or an account of profits for an amount or value exceeding the limit imposed by article 2 where, before the coming into force of this Order—

a

the claim has been made in a patents county court in proceedings within its special jurisdiction, or

b

the High Court orders the proceedings in which the claim has been made to be transferred to the special jurisdiction of a patents county court, or

c

an application has been made to the High Court for transfer of the proceedings in which the claim has been made to a patents county court and, after the coming into force of this Order, the High Court orders the transfer of the proceedings to the special jurisdiction of a patents county court.