South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Proceedings for a
summary offence against this Act must be commenced—
(a) in
the case of an expiable offence—within the time limits prescribed for
expiable offences by the Summary Procedure Act 1921 ;
(b) in
any other case—within two years of the date on which the offence is
alleged to have been committed or, with the authorisation of the Minister, at
a later time within five years of that date.
(2) A prosecution for
an offence against this Act cannot be commenced except by—
(a) the
Commissioner; or
(b) an
authorised officer under the Fair Trading Act 1987 ; or
(c) a
person who has the consent of the Minister to commence the prosecution.
(3) In any
proceedings, an apparently genuine document purporting to be a certificate of
the Minister certifying authorisation of, or consent to, a prosecution for an
offence against this Act will be accepted, in the absence of proof to the
contrary, as proof of the authorisation or consent.