Magistrates Court Act 1991

The Court has any jurisdiction conferred on it by statute.

The Court, in its Civil (Consumer and Business) Division, has—

jurisdiction to hear and determine an application under Part 4 or

Schedule 3 of the Second-hand Vehicle Dealers

Act 1995; and

jurisdiction to hear and determine an application under the

Retail and Commercial Leases Act 1995;

and

jurisdiction to hear and determine an application under Part 5 of the Building Work Contractors Act 1995;

and

any other jurisdiction conferred on that Division by statute.

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.

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.