New South Wales Consolidated Acts

REGISTRATION OF INTERESTS IN GOODS ACT 1986 - SECT 19

19 Proceedings

(1) Proceedings for an offence against this Act may:

(a) be taken and prosecuted by the Director-General or, in the name of the Director-General, by a person acting with the authority of the Director-General or with the authority of a prescribed officer, and

(b) be disposed of before the Local Court.

(2) In proceedings for an offence against this Act, an authority to prosecute, purporting to have been signed by the Director-General, or by a prescribed officer referred to in subsection (1), is evidence of that authority without proof of the signature of the Director-General or the prescribed officer, as the case may be.

(3) Proceedings for an offence against this Act may be conducted by:

(a) the informant in person,

(b) an Australian legal practitioner for the informant,

(c) a person authorised in writing by the informant for the purpose, or

(d) an officer of the public service.

(4) Proceedings for an offence against this Act may be commenced by information laid not later than 3 years after the time of commission of the alleged offence or, with the consent of the Attorney General, at any later time.