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Court in which application is to be brought.
[New in pt. cf. 1898 (c. 37) s. 5 (3); 1961 (No. 39) Fourth Schedule at Ref. No. 53]
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13.—(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), every application for compensation under this Act shall be brought—
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(a) if the amount claimed does not exceed two thousand five hundred pounds, in the District Court in the district court district in which the damage or loss to which the application relates was caused, and
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(b) if the amount claimed exceeds two thousand five hundred pounds, in the Circuit Court in the circuit court circuit in which the damage or loss to which the application relates was caused.
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(2) In the case of an application for compensation for damage to property, if the property, having been unlawfully taken, was removed from one district court district to another or from one circuit court circuit to another, the application shall be brought in the District Court in the district court district or in the Circuit Court in the circuit court circuit, as the case may require, from which the property was removed.
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(3) In the case of an application for compensation—
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(a) for damage to property which is within any harbour or within one mile beyond the coastal boundary of a local authority area or which, having been unlawfully taken, was removed from within any harbour or such one mile, or
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(b) for the loss of property unlawfully taken during a riot from a ship within any harbour or such one mile,
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the application shall be brought in the District Court in the district court district or in the Circuit Court in the circuit court circuit, as the case may require, in which the place on shore nearest the place where the damage was caused or from which the property was removed or taken is situate.
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