3. No application may be made to a leasehold valuation tribunal under section 19(2A) or (2B) of, or paragraph 8 of the Schedule to, the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985(1) in respect of a matter in respect of which, before 1st September 1997,—
(a)court proceedings have been begun, or
(b)a reference to arbitration has been made,
but without prejudice to the operation of section 31C of that Act(2) (transfer of cases from county court) in relation to any question falling for determination in those court proceedings.
1996 c. 70; subsections (2A) and (2B) were inserted by section 83(1) of the Housing Act 1996 and the Schedule was inserted by section 43 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (c. 31) and paragraph 8 was substituted by section 83(2) of the 1996 Act.
Section 31C was inserted by section 83(3) of the Housing Act 1996.