Prosecutions, hearing of and limitation periods for
169 Prosecutions, hearing of and limitation periods for
A court of summary jurisdiction hearing and determining a charge of an offence under this Act is to be constituted by a magistrate if —
the penalty for the offence is a fine of more than $2 000; or
the person charged with the offence is a licensee, a manager or an employee or agent of a licensee.
Subject to subsection (3), a prosecution for an offence against this Act must be commenced within 4 years after the date on which the offence is alleged to have been committed.
A prosecution for an offence relating to the recording of a transaction involving the sale or purchase or other disposal or acquisition of liquor may be commenced within 4 years after the expiration of the financial year in which the offence is alleged to have been committed.
[Section 169 amended: No. 56 of 1997 s. 26(4); No. 12 of 1998 s. 91; No. 59 of 2004 s. 141; No. 84 of 2004 s. 82; No. 56 of 2010 s. 67.]
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