If, as respects any proceedings to which this section applies, the parties agree, by a memorandum signed by them or by their respective legal representatives or agents, that the county court ... shall have jurisdiction in the proceedings, that court shall, notwithstanding anything in any enactment, have jurisdiction to hear and determine the proceedings accordingly.
Subject to subsection (3), this section applies to any proceedings in which the county court would have jurisdiction by virtue of—
but for the limits of the jurisdiction of the court provided in those enactments.
This section does not apply to proceedings under section 1 of the Variation of Trusts Act 1958.