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Natural Environment Bill

Enforcement and other matters - Enforcement - Limitation periods

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

You could also call this:

"Time limit to charge someone for breaking the Natural Environment Bill rules"

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If you do something wrong under this proposed Natural Environment Bill, you can be charged. You can be charged within 12 months of the person who is taking action against you finding out about what you did. This is a change to the usual rules about how long you can be charged after something happens. If you are taken to court for doing something wrong under this bill, the court can also order you to pay a penalty. You can be asked to pay this penalty within 12 months of the person who is taking action against you finding out about what you did. This rule applies even if other laws say something different, like section 25 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011.

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Part 6Enforcement and other matters
Enforcement: Limitation periods

279Limitation 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.