Regulation 13 Time limit for prosecution of offences

United Kingdom

(1)

An offence under these Regulations may be tried by summary proceedings if—

(a)

in England and Wales, the information is laid;

(b)

in Northern Ireland, the complaint is made; or

(c)

in Scotland, the proceedings are begun,

before the end of the period of 12 months beginning on the day after the date on which evidence which the market surveillance authority thinks is sufficient to justify the proceedings comes to the market surveillance authority’s knowledge.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1)—

(a)

a certificate signed by or on behalf of the prosecutor and stating the date on which such evidence came to the market surveillance authority’s knowledge is to be conclusive evidence of that fact; and

(b)

a certificate stating that matter and purporting to be so signed is to be treated as so signed unless the contrary is proved.