HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW (ACT)
707AProceeding for other offences
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707A Proceeding for other offences (1) The prosecution must bring a proceeding for an offence against this Law, other than an indictable offence, in a summary way. (2) The proceeding must start— (a) within 2 years after the offence is committed; or (b) within 1 year after the commission of the offence comes to the complainant’s knowledge, but within 3 years after the offence is committed. (3) A statement in a complaint for an offence against this Law that the matter of the complaint came to the complainant’s knowledge on a stated day is evidence of when the matter came to the complainant’s knowledge.