MAGISTRATES COURT ACT 1991 - SECT 10
MAGISTRATES COURT ACT 1991 - SECT 10
(1) The Court has any
jurisdiction conferred on it by statute.
(1a) The Court, in its
Civil (Consumer and Business) Division, has—
(a)
jurisdiction to hear and determine an application under Part 4 or Schedule 3
of the Second-hand Vehicle Dealers Act 1995 ; and
(ab)
jurisdiction to hear and determine an application under the Retail and
Commercial Leases Act 1995 ; and
(b)
jurisdiction to hear and determine an application under Part 5 of the
Building Work Contractors Act 1995 ; and
(c) any
other jurisdiction conferred on that Division by statute.
(1b) Nothing prevents
the Court, in its Civil (Consumer and Business) Division (whether constituted
of a judicial officer or officers or sitting with assessors), from exercising
civil jurisdiction other than that referred to in subsection (1a) in
order to promote the convenient disposal of proceedings by the hearing
together of different causes of action or claims.
(2) The rules may
assign a particular statutory jurisdiction (other than a statutory
jurisdiction specifically assigned by or under another Act to a particular
Division of the Court) either to the Civil (General Claims) Division, or to
the Criminal Division, of the Court.