# The Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Enforcement Regulations 2024, Regulation 17: Proceedings in England and Wales


(1) Notwithstanding section 127(1) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, a magistrates court may try an information relating to an offence under section 1 of the Act or these Regulations if the information is laid at any time—
(a) within the period of three years beginning with the date of the commission of the offence; and
(b) within the period of six months beginning with the date on which evidence which the prosecutor thinks is sufficient to justify the proceedings comes to the prosecutor’s knowledge.
(2) A certificate by the prosecutor as to the date on which such evidence came to the prosecutor’s knowledge is conclusive evidence of that fact.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348263602/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-animal-welfare-livestock-exports-enforcement-regulations-2024/regulation-17
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