Section 362 — Property Law Act 2007: Jurisdiction of District Courts

362 Jurisdiction of District Courts (1) Every District Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine the following matters, or to make the following orders: (a) a question or dispute concerning the existence or effect of an easement or a covenant, so far as it can be resolved by the making of an order under section 313 : (b) an order under section 317 modifying or extinguishing an easement or covenant: (c) an order under section 320 authorising entry onto or over neighbouring land: (d) an order under section 323 granting relief in respect of a wrongly placed structure situated on a single piece, or on 2 or more pieces, of land, if the value of that single piece, or of one of those 2 or more pieces, of land (excluding the value of the wrongly placed structure) does not exceed the amount to which the jurisdiction of District Courts is limited by section 31 of the District Courts Act 1947: (e) an order under section 333 for the removal or trimming of a tree or the removal or alteration of a structure: (f) an order under section 357 dispensing with, or directing the manner of, service. (2) This section applies despite anything to the contrary in the District Courts Act 1947 . (3) The District Courts Act 1947 applies to the jurisdiction of District Courts under this section as if that jurisdiction had been conferred by that Act. (4) This section does not affect any jurisdiction that a District Court has, otherwise than under this section, to exercise a power conferred on a court by this Act.