Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023
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High Court’s and Circuit Court’s jurisdiction under this Chapter | ||
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194. (1) The High Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine proceedings under this Chapter in relation to an enforcement notice given to a person where the relevant provision concerned is a provision referred to in section 175 (2) or (4). | ||
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the Circuit Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine proceedings under this Chapter in relation to an enforcement notice given to a person where the relevant provision concerned is a provision other than a provision referred to in section 175 (2) or (4). | ||
(3) The Circuit Court for the purposes of subsection (2) shall be— | ||
(a) subject to paragraph (b), the Circuit Court for the circuit in which the monument, archaeological object, historic object, wreck, licensable activity or other thing to which the enforcement notice concerned relates is situated at the time the application concerned is made, or | ||
(b) if the whereabouts of the person given that notice, or the whereabouts of the monument, archaeological object, historic object, wreck, licensable activity or other thing to which the notice relates, or both, are unknown at the time the application concerned is made, the Dublin Circuit Court. |