New South Wales Consolidated Acts

YOUTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 1973 - SECT 28

28 Proceedings for offences

(1) Proceedings for an offence against this Act or the regulations shall:

(a) be taken and prosecuted only by a person acting with the authority of the Minister, and

(b) be disposed of summarily before the Local Court.

(2) In proceedings for any such offence, an authority to prosecute, purporting to have been signed by the Minister, shall be evidence of the authority of the Minister without proof of the Minister’s signature.

(3) Any such proceedings may be commenced by information laid within 12 months after the time when the offence is alleged to have been committed.