Regulation 42 Time limit for prosecutions (imports)
England and Wales
No prosecution for an offence under this Part of these Regulations which is punishable under regulation 41(2) shall be begun after the expiry of —
three years from the commission of the offence; or
one year from its discovery by the prosecutor,
whichever is the earlier.
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
- F1
1972 c.68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (2006 c.51).
- F2
S.I. 2003/2901.
- F3
S.I. 1972/1811.
- F4
S.I. 1999/2027.
- F5
OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny: Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny – Part Four (OJ No. L188, 18.7.2009, p.14).