Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00508:section:147
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00508
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 147
Character Range: 421242–422367

147  Time for bringing proceedings
 (1) Proceedings for an offence against this Code may be brought:
 (a) within 3 years after the date the offence is alleged to have been committed; or
 (b) within 2 years after the date evidence of the offence first came to the attention of the APVMA, a member of the staff of the APVMA or an inspector.
 (2) If paragraph (1)(b) is relied on to begin proceedings for an offence, the court attendance notice, summons or application must contain particulars of the date that evidence of the offence first came to the attention of the APVMA, a member of the staff of the APVMA or an inspector, as the case may be. It need not contain particulars of the date on which the offence was committed.
 (3) The date on which evidence of the offence first came to the attention of the APVMA, a member of the staff of the APVMA or an inspector, as the case may be, is the date specified in the court attendance notice, summons or application, unless the contrary is established.
 (4) In this section:
evidence, in relation to an offence, means evidence of any act or omission constituting the offence.