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### sec.441 Summary offences
Subject to section 213I , a proceeding for an offence against this Act is to be taken in a summary way under the Justices Act 1886 .
The proceeding must start within the later of the following periods to end—
1 year after the commission of the offence;
6 months after the offence comes to the complainant’s knowledge, but within 2 years after the commission of the offence.
s 441 amd 2020 No. 31 s 31
(sec.441-ssec.1) Subject to section 213I , a proceeding for an offence against this Act is to be taken in a summary way under the Justices Act 1886 .
(sec.441-ssec.2) The proceeding must start within the later of the following periods to end— 1 year after the commission of the offence; 6 months after the offence comes to the complainant’s knowledge, but within 2 years after the commission of the offence.
- (a) 1 year after the commission of the offence;
- (b) 6 months after the offence comes to the complainant’s knowledge, but within 2 years after the commission of the offence.