12Short description of certain offences

#### 12 Short description of certain offences 12 Short description of certain offences > > (1) For the purposes of this or any other Act, a summary offence, or an indictable offence that may be dealt with summarily, is taken to be sufficiently stated or described if it is stated or described by the use of a short expression that describes the offence in general terms. > > > (2) This section applies to a statement or description of an offence in any court attendance notice, warrant, subpoena, notice, order or other document. > > > (3) Nothing in this section affects any other method of stating or describing an offence. > > > (4) Nothing in this section affects any requirement made by or under this Act in relation to the form of a court attendance notice or any other document. > > **s 12:** Ins 2001 No 119, Sch 1 \[17\].