Health Act 1956

Fluoridation of drinking water - Offences

116L: Time for filing charging document

You could also call this:

"Time limit to charge someone for breaking drinking water fluoridation rules"

If you commit an offence against section 116J of the Health Act, you need to know when you can be charged. The time limit for filing a charging document is 3 years after the offence was committed. This is different from what is stated in section 25 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011, which normally applies to charging documents.

You can be charged with an offence against section 116J within this 3-year time frame. The offence must have been committed in relation to the fluoridation of drinking water. The 3-year time limit starts from the date the offence was committed.

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Part 5AFluoridation of drinking water
Offences

116LTime for filing charging document

  1. Despite anything to the contrary in section 25 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011, the limitation period for filing a charging document in respect of an offence against section 116J ends on the date that is 3 years after the date on which the offence was committed.

Notes
  • Section 116L: inserted, on , by section 5 of the Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 44).