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Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. No versions before this date are available. The 6 month time limit is strict. Where a summary only offence has been committed, any charge(s) may be commenced at any time within 2 years from the date of the offence to which proceedings The Magistrates Courts Act 1980 (MCA 1980) imposes time limits for commencing criminal proceedings which can only be heard in the magistrates court (known as summary only offences), unless another time limit has been set by statute. If different issues are in dispute and it is the intention of the prosecution to proceed regardless of the outcome of the Crown Court trial, the prosecution should consider asking for such summary offences to be heard first. Attempting to or producing any document with intent to deceive may result in severe penalties. 2010/708, art. 2008/1277), reg. As a result, if an insurance policy contains a restriction (for example) that the driver must be aged over 21, that restriction may be void and a person aged under 21 who would otherwise have been covered to drive the vehicle may not be guilty of driving without insurance. 127 excluded by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. Our most recent. Show Explanatory Notes for Sections: You have accepted additional cookies. 127(1) excluded (19.1.2020) by The Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitri Kovtun Freezing Order 2020 (S.I. If you do in fact have any documents that would cover your use of the vehicle on the road at the time you were asked to produce them, you must, as soon as possible, take immediate steps to produce them at the police station you originally selected when the police officer asked you to choose one (this police station will be called the nominated police station from now on). [10] begin within one year of the offence being committed. Section 176 of the Representation of the People Act 1983[9] requires that proceedings for any offence under that act impersonation, fraudlent voting, vote tampering, violating vote secrecy, publishing pre-closure exit polls, etc. Much will depend on the nature of the error and any explanation given by the defendant. Another PCN prosecution domestic abuse has the meaning given by section 1 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021; police force has the meaning given by section 3(3) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985; video recording has the meaning given by section 63(1) of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999; witness statement means a written statement that satisfies the conditions in section 9(2)(a) and (b) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967.