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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Miscellaneous provisions - Informations

313: Charges

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“Time limits and rules for charging people who break accident and injury laws”

If you break the law related to accidents and injuries, you have a certain amount of time before you can be charged with an offence. This time limit is 5 years after the end of the year when you committed the offence. This is different from what it says in section 25 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011.

When you are charged with an offence, the document that explains what you did wrong can include more than one offence. These offences can be against this law or the rules made under this law. If there is more than one offence listed, each one must be explained separately.

If you are charged with more than one offence, they will usually be dealt with together in court. However, if the court thinks it’s fairer to deal with them separately, they can decide to do that before or during the trial.

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Part 9 Miscellaneous provisions
Informations

313Charges

  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 5 years after the termination of the year in which the offence was committed.

  2. A charging document may charge the defendant with any number of offences against this Act (whether arising under this section or otherwise) or against regulations made under this Act.

  3. A charging document that charges more than 1 such offence must set out separately the particulars of each offence charged.

  4. Multiple charges must be heard together unless the court, either before or at any time during the trial, considers it just that any charge should be heard separately and makes an order to that effect.

Notes
  • Section 313: replaced, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).