Part XII

Legal Proceedings

Prosecution of offences

Time limit for summary orders.
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No order for the payment of money shall be made under this Act in proceedings before a magistrates’ court unless—
a
the proceedings were commenced within six months beginning with the date on which the matter of complaint arose; or
b
in a case where both or either of the parties to the proceedings happen during that period to be out of the United Kingdom, the proceedings were commenced within six months after they both first happen to arrive, or to be at one time, within the United Kingdom.
Pt. XII (Ss. 274-291) applied (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 22, ss. 7(1), 9(4)