#### 142B Special civil jurisdiction of Court 142B Special civil jurisdiction of Court > > (1) The District Court shall have the same civil jurisdiction as each Court of Quarter Sessions had immediately before 1 July 1973. > > > (2) The reference in subsection (1) to civil jurisdiction in relation to a Court of Quarter Sessions is a reference to that part of such a court’s jurisdiction that, immediately before 1 July 1973, was not of a criminal nature. > > > (3) Subsection (1) is subject to the provisions of any enactment which commenced on or after 1 July 1973 and which relates to the jurisdiction referred to in that subsection. > > **ss 142A–142E:** Ins 1984 No 170, Sch 3 (57).

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