# Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981, Section 73: Time within which summary proceedings for certain offences may be commenced.


Summary proceedings for an offence under section 65 or 66 of this Act may be brought within a period of six months from the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the prosecutor to warrant the proceedings came to his knowledge; but no such proceedings shall be brought by virtue of this section more than three years after the commission of the offence.
For the purposes of this section a certificate signed by or on behalf of the prosecutor and stating the date on which such evidence as aforesaid came to his knowledge shall be conclusive evidence of that fact; and a certificate stating that matter and purporting to be so signed shall be deemed to be so signed unless the contrary is proved.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/14/section/73 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-passenger-vehicles-act-1981/section-73
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