Schedule 1, s 3

Statutory offence

Current

(1)

In this clause—

statutory offence means an offence created by an Act or subordinate instrument, or by a provision of an Act or subordinate instrument.

(2)

For the purposes of clause 1(a), a statement of a statutory offence is sufficient if it—

(a)

identifies the provision creating the offence; and

(b)

describes the offence in the words of the provision creating it, or in similar words.

(3)

If a statutory offence states—

(a)

the offence to be committed in alternative ways; or

(b)

any element or part of the offence in the alternative—

a charge may state the commission of the offence or the element or part of the offence in the alternative.

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