Part 3: Enforcement of consumer protection law Jurisdiction etc Section 173: Appropriate court
This section sets out the criteria to determine which courts within the UK have jurisdiction to hear and determine applications for consumer protection orders. This section restates and updates relevant provisions in section 215 of the Enterprise Act 2002.
	The starting point is subsection (2), which provides for the appropriate courts where the respondent has a place of business in, or carries on business in England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.
	Subsection (3) provides for the appropriate court where the respondent does not have a place of business in, nor carries on business in England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland. In such cases, the relevant consumer’s domicile determines which court or courts have jurisdiction.
	Subsections (4) and (5) define who is a relevant consumer for this purpose.