Section 26 Time limit for commencement of certain proceedings.
England and Wales
Notwithstanding anything in the F1M1Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, proceedings in respect of any offence under section 21 F2. . . may be brought at any time before the expiration of two years from the commission of the offence or six months from its first discovery by the prosecutor, whichever period expires first.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words substituted by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), s. 154, Sch. 7 para. 132
- F2
Words in s. 26 repealed (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 210, 211, Sch. 16 para. 28, Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii)(i)(ii)(ee) (with art. 9 and subject to art. 5)
Marginal citations
- M1