4Prescribed summary offences

4 Prescribed summary offences

4 Prescribed summary offences

(1) For the Act, section 3(1), definition of prescribed summary offence, a summary offence is prescribed unless—

(a) the offence may not be prosecuted except with the consent of a Minister or a person authorised by a Minister to grant consent on behalf of that Minister, and

(b) that Minister or the person has not made an order under the Act, section 11(2) in relation to offences of that kind.

(2) In this section—

consent includes authorisation, sanction and any similar authority.