NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1974 - SECT 190
Time within which proceedings may be commenced
NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1974 - SECT 190
Time within which proceedings may be commenced
190 Time within which proceedings may be commenced
(1) Proceedings for an offence under this Act or the regulations may be
commenced--
(a) within but not later than 2 years after the date on which the
offence is alleged to have been committed, or
(b) within but not later than 2
years after the date on which evidence of the alleged offence first came to
the attention of any authorised officer.
(2) If subsection (1) (b) is relied
on for the purpose of commencing proceedings for an offence, the court
attendance notice, summons or application must contain particulars of the date
on which evidence of the offence first came to the attention of any
authorised officer and need not contain particulars of the date on which the
offence was committed. The date on which evidence first came to the attention
of any authorised officer is the date specified in the court attendance
notice, summons or application, unless the contrary is established.