Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017

Proceedings for an offence against this Act or the regulations are to be dealt with summarily before the Local Court.

Proceedings for an offence under this Act or the regulations may be commenced—

in the case of a prescribed offence—within 2 years after the date on which evidence of the alleged offence first came to the attention of the Authority, or

in any other case—within 12 months after the date of the alleged commission of the offence.

If subsection (2) (a) is relied on for the purpose of commencing proceedings for an offence, the court attendance notice or application must contain particulars of the date on which evidence of the offence first came to the attention of the Authority and need not contain particulars of the date on which the offence was committed. The date on which evidence first came to the attention of the Authority is the date specified in the court attendance notice or application, unless the contrary is established.

This section applies despite anything in the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 or any other Act.

In this section—

an offence against any provision of Part 3, 6 or 9, and

an offence against this Act or the regulations that is declared by the regulations to be a prescribed offence for the purposes of this section.