National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation – Compliance and Enforcement Bill) Regulations 2006
128Period within which proceedings for offences may be commenced
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128 Period within which proceedings for offences may be commenced
(1) This section applies to road law offences, other than: (a) offences prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section; and (b) offences in respect of which proceedings may only be commenced within a period of less than 2 years after their alleged commission. (2) Despite anything to the contrary in any other Act, proceedings for a road law offence to which this section applies may be commenced within: (a) the period of 2 years after the commission of the alleged offence; or (b) a further period of 1 year commencing on the day on which the Authority, an authorised officer or a police officer first obtained evidence of the commission of the alleged offence considered reasonably sufficient by the Authority or officer to warrant commencing proceedings. (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), a certificate purporting to have been issued by the Authority, an authorised officer or a police officer as to the date when the Authority or an officer first obtained evidence considered reasonably sufficient by the Authority or officer to warrant commencing proceedings is admissible in any proceedings and is prima facie evidence of the matters stated.