Radiation Act 2005
129Time within which proceedings for offences may be brought
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129 Time within which proceedings for offences may be brought
S. 129(1) amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 100).
(1) Despite section 7 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009, proceedings for a summary offence against this Act or the regulations may be commenced within 3 years of the commission of the alleged offence or a further period being within 1 year after the day on which the Secretary first obtains evidence of the commission of the alleged offence considered sufficient by the Secretary to warrant commencing proceedings.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a certificate given by the Secretary as to the date on which the Secretary first obtained evidence considered sufficient to warrant commencing proceedings is to be taken to be evidence of that fact.