Prosecutions
61 Prosecutions
Proceedings for an offence against this Act must be commenced—
in the case of an expiable offence—within the time limits prescribed for expiable offences by the Summary Procedure
Act 1921;
in any other case—within 5 years of the date on which the offence is alleged to have been committed, whether the offence is alleged to have been committed before or after the commencement of this paragraph.
A prosecution for an offence against this Act cannot be commenced except by—
the Commissioner; or
an authorised officer under the Fair Trading
Act 1987; or
a person who has the consent of the Minister to commence the prosecution.
In any proceedings, an apparently genuine document purporting to be a certificate of the Minister certifying authorisation of, or consent to, a prosecution for an offence against this Act will be accepted, in the absence of proof to the contrary, as proof of the authorisation or consent.
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