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Local Government Act 2002

Offences, penalties, infringement offences, and legal proceedings - Offences - Time for filing charging document

241: Time for filing charging document

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“How long you have to tell the authorities if someone breaks a local rule”

You can file a charge against someone for breaking this law within 6 months after you find out about it. This is different from the usual rule in section 25 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011. The 6-month period starts when you first learn about the problem, or when you should have known about it. This rule applies to local authorities, which are groups that run your local area.

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Part 9 Offences, penalties, infringement offences, and legal proceedings
Offences: Time for filing charging document

241Time for filing charging document

  1. Despite anything to the contrary in section 25 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011, a local authority may file a charging document in respect of an offence against this Act within 6 months after the time when the matter giving rise to the charge first became known, or should have become known, to the local authority.

Notes
  • Section 241: replaced, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).