# The Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985, Article 26: Summary prosecutions

Extent: N.I.

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(2) Proceedings for a summary offence under this Order 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 Article more than two years after the commission of the offence.
(3) For the purposes of this Article 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/nisi/1985/171/article/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-northern-ireland-order-1985/article-26
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