(1)Any jurisdiction conferred on the High Court by this Act or by the M1Land Registration and Land Charges Act 1971 may also be exercised, to such extent as may be prescribed, by county courts.
(2)Subject to the enactments relating to the Supreme Court of Judicature for the time being in force, all matters within the jurisdiction of the High Court under this Act or the said Act of 1971 shall be assigned to the Chancery Division of that court.
(3)Where the county court has jurisdiction under this Act or that Act it shall have all the powers of the High Court for the purposes of that jurisdiction.
(4)The Lord Chancellor may assign any duties of the High Court under this Act or that Act to any particular judge or judges of the High Court.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 138 substituted by Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53, SIF 37), Sch. 5 para. (c)
Marginal Citations
M11971 c. 54 (98:2).