Part III

Supplemental Provisions

The court for purposes of Part I.
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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 Pluralities Act 1838;
b
section 19 of the Defence Act 1842;
c
section 6 of the Lecturers and Parish Clerks Act 1844;
d
paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Sexual Offences Act 1956; or
e
section 13 of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965.
1838 c. 106.
1842 c. 94.
1844 c. 59.
1956 c. 69.
1965 c. 56.
S. 9(2) omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 122; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)