[16C Jurisdiction of courts in the United Kingdom]
Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (1965 c 57) | Legislation

[16C  Jurisdiction of courts in the United Kingdom]

[(1)     This section has effect, subject to section 17(1), for determining which of the High Court of Justice, the Court of Session and the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland has jurisdiction in the case of—

(a)     a claim by virtue of a duty imposed on a person by section 7, 7B, 8, 9 or 10, or

(b)     an application for the determination of a question relating to such a claim.

(2)     The High Court of Justice has jurisdiction if the claim relates to an occurrence or event constituting a breach of duty that takes place wholly within the part of the United Kingdom that consists of England and Wales.

(3)     The Court of Session has jurisdiction if the claim relates to an occurrence or event constituting a breach of duty that takes place wholly within Scotland.

(4)     The High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland has jurisdiction if the claim relates to an occurrence or event constituting a breach of duty that takes place wholly within Northern Ireland.

(5)     For the purposes of subsections (2) to (4) as they apply to an occurrence falling within section 7(1B)(b) or 10(1)

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