Time for commencement of proceedings for offences
11.2 Time for commencement of proceedings for offences
Proceedings for an offence against this Act or the regulations may be commenced within, but not later than, 2 years after the date on which the offence is alleged to have been committed.
Proceedings for an offence against this Act or the regulations may also be commenced within, but not later than 2 years, after the date on which evidence of the alleged offence first came to the attention of any authorised officer.
If subsection (2) is relied on for the purpose of commencing proceedings for an offence, the court attendance notice—
must contain particulars of the date on which evidence of the offence first came to the attention of any relevant authorised officer, and
does not have to contain particulars of the date on which the offence was committed.
The date on which evidence first came to the attention of any authorised officer is the date specified in the court attendance notice, unless the contrary is established.
This section applies despite anything in the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 or another Act.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
The statute text is free to read above. View subscription options to unlock the case-law research tools for each provision.