8(1)Sums recoverable under section 59 of the [1980 c. 66.] Highways Act 1980 (expenses due to extraordinary traffic) shall be recoverable in the county court if the claim does not exceed the county court limit for the purposes of section 40 of the County Courts Act 1959 (general jurisdiction as to money recoverable by statute).
(2)In subsection (4) of that section, for the words from the beginning to " in" in the second place where it occurs, there shall be substituted the words " The county court with jurisdiction to hear and determine a claim for a sum recoverable under this section is ".