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31 .         Prosecutions

        (1)         Prosecutions for offences against this Act —

            (a)         may be instituted by the Registrar of the Builders’ Registration Board appointed under the Builders’ Registration Act 1939 or a person authorised by that Board to do so, and may not be instituted by any other person;

            (b)         may be commenced within 3 years after the alleged commission of the offence.

        (2)         A statement in a prosecution notice that a person is the Registrar of the Builders’ Registration Board or is authorised by that Board under subsection (1)(a) is to be taken as proved in the absence of evidence to the contrary.

        [Section 31 amended by No. 84 of 2004 s. 80.]