Government amendment No. 8: In page 13, to delete lines 29 to 42 and substitute the following: "(2) The performance of the functions, and the exercise of the powers and jurisdiction, conferred by this Act on the Circuit Court shall be within the jurisdiction of the circuit of the Circuit Court in which-(a ) the debtor to whom an application under this Act relates is residing at the time of the making of the application or has resided within one year of the time of the making of the application, or (b ) the debtor to whom the application relates has a place of business at the time of the making of the application or has had a place of business within one year of the time of the making of the application.(3) An application to the Circuit Court under this Act may be made(a ) in such office of, or attached to, the Circuit Court within the circuit concerned. (b ) in such combined court office (within the meaning of section 14 of the Courts and Court Officers Act 2009) within the circuit concerned, or (c ) in such office of the Courts Service, within the circuit concerned, designated by the Courts Service for the purpose of this Act,as may be prescribed by rules of court.".