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95 Interpretation provision in relation to drug treatment and testing orders.
(1) After section 234J of the 1995 Act there shall be inserted the following section—
Drug treatment and testing orders: interpretation.
234K In sections 234B to 234J of this Act—
“the appropriate court” means—
where the drug treatment and testing order has been made by the High Court, that court;
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 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.
(2) In section 307(1) of the 1995 Act (interpretation), after the definition of “diet” there shall be inserted the following definition—
“drug treatment and testing order” has the meaning assigned to it in section 234B(2) of this Act;
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95 Interpretation provision in relation to drug treatment and testing orders.
(1) After section 234J of the 1995 Act there shall be inserted the following section—
Drug treatment and testing orders: interpretation.
234K In sections 234B to 234J of this Act—
“the appropriate court” means—
where the drug treatment and testing order has been made by the High Court, that court;
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 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.
(2) In section 307(1) of the 1995 Act (interpretation), after the definition of “diet” there shall be inserted the following definition—
“drug treatment and testing order” has the meaning assigned to it in section 234B(2) of this Act;
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