Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995

[X1 F1 234K Drug treatment and testing orders: interpretation. S

In sections 234B to 234J of this Act—

• “the appropriate court” means—

  (a)

  where the drug treatment and testing order has been made by the High Court, that court;

  (b)

  in any other case, the court having jurisdiction in the area of the local authority for the time being specified in the order under section 234C(6) of this Act, being a sheriff or district court according to whether the order has been made by a sheriff or district court, but in a case where an order has been made by a district court and there is no district court in that area, the sheriff court; and

• “local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the M1 Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 and any reference to the area of such an authority is a reference to the local government area within the meaning of that Act for which it is so constituted.]

Editorial Information

X1 There is a version of this provision that is earlier than the first version listed in the table of attributes below. This is because, when the new "Antisocial behaviour orders" cross-heading was inserted on 28.10.2004, only the version of this provision that was current on that date became associated with that new heading. To view the earlier version, it is recommended that you perform a search for a specific date earlier than the start date of the first version listed in the table of attributes below.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 234K inserted (30.9.1998) by 1998 c. 37, s. 95(1); S.I. 1998/2327, art. 2(1)(s) (subject to arts. 5-8)

Marginal Citations

M1 1994 c.39.