{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-northern-ireland-order-1983/article-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-northern-ireland-order-1983/article-46.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1983/1118",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-northern-ireland-order-1983",
  "path": "article/46",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Jurisdiction of county court",
  "text": "(1) . . . , a county court has jurisdiction to determine any question arising under Chapter. . . II of this Part and to entertain any proceedings brought thereunder and any claim (for whatever amount) in connection with a secure tenancy.\n(2) The jurisdiction conferred by this Article includes jurisdiction to entertain proceedings on. . . any queston—\n(a) whether any consent required by Article 30 or Article 34 was withheld or unreasonably withheld; or\n(aa) whether any consent required by Article 32A was withheld otherwise than on one or more of the grounds set out in Schedule 3A;\n(b) whether a statement supplied in pursuance of Article 38(3)(b) is accurate;\nnotwithstanding that no other relief is sought than a declaration.\n(3) If a person take proceedings in the High Court which, by virtue of this Article, he could have taken in the county court he is not entitled to recover any costs.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Chapter 1 (arts. 3, 4) substituted for Chapter 1 (arts. 3-23) by 1992/1725 (NI 15), art. 96(1)(2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1986 NI 13"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1983/1118/article/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:49:19.153943+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."
}