866. (1) Summary proceedings against a company or an officer of a company acting in his or her capacity as such (or a person purporting to so act) for an offence under this Act may be brought, heard and determined—

(a) before and by a judge of the District Court as provided for under section 79 or 79A of the Courts of Justice Act 1924,

(b) before and by a judge of the District Court for the time being assigned to the district court district in which the registered office of the company is situated immediately prior to the commencement of the proceedings, or

(c) where the offence is an offence under section 343(11) (but without prejudice to the alternative venues provided under the preceding paragraphs) before a judge of the District Court for the time being assigned to—

(i) the Dublin Metropolitan District; or

(ii) the district court district of which the district court area of Carlow forms part;

but only to the extent, in the case of the district court district referred to in subparagraph (ii), that the judge so assigned is exercising jurisdiction in the district court area of Carlow so referred to.

(2) In this section “officer of a company” includes a director, shadow director, promoter, statutory auditor, receiver, liquidator or secretary of a company.

(3) For the purposes of this section, the place for the time being recorded by the Registrar as the situation of the registered office of the company shall be deemed to be the registered office of the company notwithstanding that the situation of its registered office may have changed.