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Enforcement and other matters - Enforcement - Limitation periods

255: Limitation period for offences or pecuniary penalties under this Act

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"Time limit to charge someone for doing something wrong under the Planning Bill"

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If you do something wrong under this proposed Planning Bill, you can be charged. You can be charged within 12 months of when the person taking action against you found out, or should have found out, about what you did. This rule applies to both criminal charges and applications for a pecuniary penalty order, which is like a fine, under this proposed bill, and it overrides what is said in section 25 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011.

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Part 6Enforcement and other matters
Enforcement: Limitation periods

255Limitation period for offences or pecuniary penalties under this Act

  1. Despite anything to the contrary in section 25 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011, the limitation period in respect of—

  2. an offence against this Act ends on the date that is 12 months after the date on which the contravention giving rise to the charge first became known, or should have become known, to the person on whose behalf the charging document is filed:
    1. an application for a pecuniary penalty order is 12 months after the date on which the contravention giving rise to the application first became known, or should have become known, to the person on whose behalf the application is made.