Part III Supplemental Provisions

9 The court for purposes of Part I.

1

The court for the purposes of Part I of this Act shall, subject to this section, be—

a

the county court, in relation to premises with respect to which the county court has for the time being jurisdiction in actions for the recovery of land; and

b

the High Court, in relation to other premises.

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3

Nothing in this Act shall affect the jurisdiction of the High Court in proceedings to enforce a lessor’s right of re-entry or forfeiture or to enforce a mortgagee’s right of possession in a case where the former tenancy was not binding on the mortgagee.

4

Nothing in this Act shall affect the operation of—

a

section 59 of the M1Pluralities Act 1838;

b

section 19 of the M2Defence Act 1842;

c

section 6 of the M3Lecturers and Parish Clerks Act 1844;

d

paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the M4Sexual Offences Act 1956; or

e

section 13 of the M5Compulsory Purchase Act 1965.