Queensland Numbered Acts

MINES AND ENERGY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2009 No. 16 - SECT 31

Section 118--

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'(1) A proceeding for an offence against this Act must be taken in a summary way under the Justices Act 1886 on the complaint of the commissioner for mine safety and health.

'(2) A proceeding may be started within the latest of the following periods to end--

(a) 1 year after the offence is committed;

(b) 1 year after the offence comes to the complainant's knowledge, but within 2 years after the offence is committed;

(c) if the offence involves a breach of an obligation causing death and the death is investigated by a coroner under the Coroners Act 2003--2 years after the coroner makes a finding in relation to the death.'.