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VEHICLES (EXCISE) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 28



28.(1) ... proceedings under this Act for offences to which this section
applies may be instituted on behalf of the Ministry, ... but shall not be
instituted by any other person without the consent of the [Secretary of
State].

Subs.(2) rep. by SI 1973/2163 art.14(2) sch.6

(3) Summary proceedings under this Act for offences to which this section
applies may, notwithstanding anything contained in section 34 of the
Magistrates' Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1964, be instituted by an
authorised prosecutor at any time within six months from the date on which
evidence, sufficient in the opinion of the authorised prosecutor to warrant
the proceedings, came to his knowledge; but no summary proceedings for any
offence shall be instituted by virtue of this subsection more than three years
after the commission of the offence.

(4) A certificate stating

(a)the date on which such evidence as is mentioned in subsection (3) came to
the knowledge of the authorised prosecutor; or

Para.(b) rep. by SI 1973/2163 art.14(2) sch.6

(5) Any proceedings under this Act instituted by or on behalf of the Ministry
in a court of summary jurisdiction may be conducted on behalf of the Ministry
by a person authorised by it for the purposes of this subsection.

(6) The offences to which this section applies are offences under this Act or
regulations made in pursuance of this Act, other than proceedings for offences
under [section 26 or 29] or the provisions of the Transferred Excise Duties
Act applied by Part I of Schedule 6; and "authorised prosecutor" means a
person authorised by this section to institute proceedings for such offences.


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