Commencement of housing administration proceedings
2.1.—(1) An application for a housing administration order may be commenced either in the High Court or in the county court.
(2) Where an application for housing administration is commenced in the county court it may only be commenced in the hearing centre which serves the area in which the registered provider, if it is a company, has its registered office, or, if it is not a company, has its principal place of business in England.
(3) However if the registered office is situated in an area served by a hearing centre for which Schedule 6 to the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016(1) lists an alternative court or hearing centre, then any such proceedings in the county court may be commenced in that alternative court or hearing centre.