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Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

Discipline and offences - Offences

127: Time for filing charging document

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"You have 5 years to report a crime under this law."

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You have 5 years to file a charging document for an offence under this Part. This time limit starts from the date the offence was committed. The Criminal Procedure Act 2011 has a different rule, but this one applies instead.

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127Time for filing charging document

  1. Despite anything to the contrary in section 25 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011, the limitation period in respect of an offence under this Part ends on the date that is 5 years after the date on which the offence was committed.

Notes
  • Section 127: replaced, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).