Part 2 Arrest and delivery of persons
Supplementary provisions
26 Meaning of “appropriate judicial officer” and “competent court”
C1(1)
For the purposes of this Part—
“appropriate judicial officer” means—
(a)
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(b)
a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) designated for the purposes of this Act F2by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales after consulting the Lord Chancellor , or
(c)
the Sheriff of Lothian and Borders; and
“competent court” means a court consisting of an appropriate judicial officer.
F3(2)
The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise his functions under this section.