69.—(1) A county court shall have jurisdiction, either in the course of any proceedings relating to a dwelling or on an application made for the purpose by the landlord or the tenant, to determine any question—
(a)as to whether a tenancy is a protected tenancy or whether any person is a statutory tenant of a dwelling-house;
(b)F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d)F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
or as to any matter which is or may become material for determining any such question.
(2) A county court shall have jurisdiction to deal with any claim or other proceedings arising out of any of the provisions of this Order (except Part IX) notwithstanding that by any reason of the amount of the claim or otherwise the case would not, apart from this paragraph, be within the jurisdiction of a county court.
(3) If, under this Order, a person takes proceedings in the High Court which he could have taken in the county court he shall not be entitled to receive any costs.
F1Art. 69(1)(b)-(d) repealed (1.4.2007) by Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1459 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 75, Sch. 5; S.R. 2006/428, art. 3(b)(c)