Prosecutions
133 Prosecutions
A prosecution for an offence against this Act may be commenced by, and only by —
a permit authority or a person authorised to do so by a permit authority; or
a local government or a person authorised to do so by a local government.
Subsection (1) does not limit the functions of the Director of Public Prosecutions under the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1991 section 11.
A prosecution for an offence against section 9, 10, 29(1) or (2), 37(1) or (2), 38(1) or (2), 76(1), 77, 78(1), (2) or (3), or 79(1) or (2) may be commenced within 6 years after the offence was allegedly committed, but not later.
A prosecution for any other offence against this Act may be commenced within 3 years after the offence was allegedly committed, but not later.
All prosecutions for offences against this Act are to be heard in a court of summary jurisdiction constituted by a magistrate.
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