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137A: Only 1 penalty type for same conduct
or “You can only get one type of punishment for the same wrong thing you did in a tenancy.”
You could also call this:

“This explains when someone must be charged with breaking this law”

You have 12 months to file a charging document for an offence against the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 or any of its regulations. This is different from what section 25 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 says. The 12-month period starts from the day the offence was committed. This means if someone breaks a rule in this Act, the authorities have one year from that day to file charges against them.

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Part 5 Miscellaneous provisions

138Time 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 against this Act or any regulations made under it ends on the date that is 12 months after the date on which the offence was committed.

Notes
  • Section 138: replaced, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).