Part 8Investigations
Chapter 2England and Wales and Northern Ireland
Judges and courts
343Judges
1
In this Chapter references to a judge in relation to an application must be construed in accordance with this section.
2
In relation to an application for the purposes of a confiscation investigation or a money laundering investigation a judge is—
a
in England and Wales, a judge entitled to exercise the jurisdiction of the Crown Court;
b
in Northern Ireland, a Crown Court judge.
3
In relation to an application for the purposes of a civil recovery investigation a judge is a judge of the High Court.