sec.39Proceedings for offences

### sec.39 Proceedings for offences A prosecution for an offence against this Act shall be by way of summary proceedings under the Justices Act 1886 upon complaint of a person authorised in writing in that behalf by the chief executive, made within 1 year from the time when the matter of complaint arose or within 6 months after the offence comes to the knowledge of the complainant, whichever period is later to expire. In any proceedings it shall not be necessary to prove the authority of a complainant to lay a complaint in respect of an offence against this Act in the absence of evidence that challenges that authority. The institution of proceedings for a penalty or the conviction of a person in respect of an offence against this Act shall not affect a remedy that a person may have by way of civil action. s 39 amd 1994 No. 15 s 3 sch 1 (sec.39-ssec.1) A prosecution for an offence against this Act shall be by way of summary proceedings under the Justices Act 1886 upon complaint of a person authorised in writing in that behalf by the chief executive, made within 1 year from the time when the matter of complaint arose or within 6 months after the offence comes to the knowledge of the complainant, whichever period is later to expire. (sec.39-ssec.2) In any proceedings it shall not be necessary to prove the authority of a complainant to lay a complaint in respect of an offence against this Act in the absence of evidence that challenges that authority. (sec.39-ssec.3) The institution of proceedings for a penalty or the conviction of a person in respect of an offence against this Act shall not affect a remedy that a person may have by way of civil action.