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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 33

Time limit for proceedings under sections 28, 30 and 31.

33.(1) Notwithstanding any other transferred provision, a summary prosecution
for an offence under section 28 or 30 may be commenced and, subject to
subsection (2), an application for an order under section 31 may be brought,
at any time within the period of one year from the date on which evidence,
sufficient in the opinion of the Attorney-General to justify that prosecution
or, as the case may be, that application, comes to the knowledge of the
Attorney-General.

(2) An application for an order under section 31 in respect of a relevant
transaction within the meaning of that section shall not be brought after the
expiration of twelve years from the date of that transaction.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), a certificate purporting to be signed
by the Attorney-General as to the date on which the evidence referred to in
that subsection came to his knowledge shall be evidence of that date.

Re-election.

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