s 149 The appropriate judge
(1) The appropriate judge is— (a) in England and Wales, a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts), a justice of the peace or a judge entitled to exercise the jurisdiction of the Crown Court; (b) in Scotland, a sheriff; (c) in Northern Ireland, a justice of the peace, a resident magistrate or a Crown Court judge. (2) This section applies for the purposes of sections 142 to 147.