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Regulation 40 Time limit for prosecutions (imports)I1

Northern Ireland

A prosecution for an offence under this Part which is punishable under regulation 39(2) shall not be begun after the expiry of —

(a)

three years from the commission of the offence; or

(b)

one year from its discovery by the prosecution,

whichever is the earlier.

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Commencement

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Reg. 40 in operation at 25.1.2010, see reg. 1