Time within which summary proceedings may be commenced
188 Time within which summary proceedings may be commenced
Proceedings for an offence under this Act or the regulations may be commenced—
in the case of a prescribed offence—within but not later than 2 years after the day on which the offence is alleged to have been committed, or
in any other case—within but not later than 12 months after that day.
This section applies only to proceedings that are to be dealt with summarily.
This section applies despite anything in the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 or any other Act.
In this section—
prescribed offence means—
an offence arising under section 58 (Annual returns of land and stock),
an offence against this Act that is declared by the regulations to be a prescribed offence for the purposes of this section.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed offence
, declared by the regulations
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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