Section 20D: Interpretation of ss.20 to 20C.

For the purposes of section 20BA above, "the appropriate judicial authority" is—

(a) in England and Wales, a Circuit judge or a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts);

(b) in Scotland, a sheriff; and

(c) in Northern Ireland, a county court judge.

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