{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/section-115",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/section-115.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/48",
  "legislation_title": "Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988",
  "path": "section/115",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "115",
  "heading": "Jurisdiction of county court and sheriff court.",
  "text": "(1) In England and Wales the county court and in Northern Ireland a county court may entertain proceedings under—\nsection 99 (order for delivery up of infringing copy or other article),\nsection 102(5) (order as to exercise of rights by copyright owner where exclusive licensee has concurrent rights), or\nsection 114 (order as to disposal of infringing copy or other article),\nsave that, in Northern Ireland, a county court may entertain such proceedings only where the value of the infringing copies and other articles in question does not exceed the county court limit for actions in tort.\n(2) In Scotland proceedings for an order under any of those provisions may be brought in the sheriff court.\n(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the jurisdiction of the High Court or, in Scotland, the Court of Session.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 115(1) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 72; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 115(1) inserted by S.I. 1991/724, art. 2(8), Schedule Pt. I"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/115",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:40.311838+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}