# Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, Section 234K: Drug treatment and testing orders: interpretation.

Extent: 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 JP court according to whether the order has been made by a sheriff or JP court , but in a case where an order has been made by a JP court and there is no JP court in that area, the sheriff court; and
“ local authority ” means a council constituted under section 2 of the 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/46/section/234K (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/section-234K
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