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 file a charging document for a local government offence"

If you are a local authority, you can file a charging document for an offence against the Local Government Act 2002. You have 6 months to do this from when you first found out, or should have found out, about the matter. This rule applies even if section 25 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 says something different.

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Part 9Offences, 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).