180Proceedings against nominated persons

180 Proceedings against nominated persons (1) A proceeding against a person nominated in an effective known user statement or sold vessel statement for an offence to which this Part applies may be commenced not later than 12 months after— (a) the day on which the statement was given to the enforcement official; or (b) if the statement again becomes an effective statement because of the cancellation under section 179(1) of the acceptance of a subsequent statement, the day on which the subsequent statement is cancelled. (2) In a proceeding referred to in subsection (1) the known user statement or sold vessel statement is evidence and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of the matters stated in it. (3) A proceeding against a person (other than a person nominated in an effective known user statement or sold vessel statement) who, by force of section 179(2), becomes again the responsible person in relation to the vessel at the time of the offence to which this Part applies may be commenced not later than 12 months after the day on which that person again became the responsible person.