When is the deadline for six months from knowledge for designer, manufacturer, importer and supplier offences?
The catalogue records a 6 months period from The date on which evidence sufficient in the enforcing authority's opinion to justify a prosecution came to its knowledge. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Period
- 6 months
- Trigger
- The date on which evidence sufficient in the enforcing authority's opinion to justify a prosecution came to its knowledge
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- None as such, but the start date is effectively controlled by the prosecutor. The authority's certificate as to when evidence came to its knowledge is CONCLUSIVE evidence of that fact under s 34(3)(a), and a document purporting to be such a certificate is presumed genuine unless the contrary is proved. A defendant therefore cannot go behind the certified date.
- NARROW SCOPE, WIDELY OVERSTATED. Section 34(4) confines s 34(3) to offences a person commits by virtue of a provision or requirement to which they are subject AS THE DESIGNER, MANUFACTURER, IMPORTER OR SUPPLIER OF ANY THING. It does NOT apply to ordinary employer duties under HSWA ss 2 to 4. Do not apply this date-of-knowledge rule to a general employer prosecution. 'Responsibl