CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 258A
Time for instituting proceedings
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 258A
Time for instituting proceedings
258A Time for instituting proceedings
(1) Proceedings for an offence under
this Act or the regulations may be commenced not later than 6 months after the
offence was alleged to have been committed.
(2) Proceedings for an offence
against this Act or the regulations may also be commenced--
(a) in the case of
an offence against Chapter 12 or against a regulation made in relation to
children's services--within but not later than 2 years after the Secretary
became aware of the alleged offence, or
(b) in any other case--within but not
later than 6 months after the Secretary became aware of the alleged offence.
(3) If subsection (2) 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 alleged offence first came to
the attention of the Secretary and need not contain particulars of the date on
which the offence was alleged to have been committed. The date on which
evidence first came to the attention of the Secretary is the date specified in
the court attendance notice or application, unless the contrary is
established.
