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District Court Act 1973
142BSpecial civil jurisdiction of Court
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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).