Health and Social Care Act 2008

Yn ddilys o 12/01/2009

90Proceedings for offencesE+W
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(1)Proceedings in respect of a Part 1 offence may not, without the written consent of the Attorney General, be taken by any person other than—

(a)the Commission, or

(b)in relation to any functions of the Commission which the Secretary of State is for the time being discharging by virtue of section 82, the Secretary of State.

(2)Proceedings for a Part 1 offence may be brought within a period of 12 months from the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the prosecutor to warrant the proceedings came to the prosecutor's knowledge; but no such proceedings are to be brought by virtue of this subsection more than 3 years after the commission of the offence.