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(1)Any person authorised by the Department, the Department of the Environment or the Housing Executive in that behalf may conduct any proceedings [F1under any provision of this Act other than section 108 or under any provision of][F2 the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995]before a magistrates’ court, although not a barrister or solicitor.
(2)Notwithstanding anything in any statutory provision—
(a)proceedings for an offence under this Act [F3(other than proceedings to which paragraph (b) applies)] [F4, for an offence under the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995,]may be begun at any time within the period of 3 months from the date on which evidence, sufficient in the opinion of the Department to justify a prosecution for the offence, comes to its knowledge or within a period of 12 months from the commission of the offence, whichever period last expires; and
(b)proceedings [F5brought by the Department of Finance and Personnel or the Housing Executive] for an offence under this Act relating to housing benefit may be begun at any time within the period of 3 months from the date on which evidence, sufficient in the opinion of the Department of the Environment or the Housing Executive to justify a prosecution for the offence, comes to its knowledge or within a period of 12 months from the commission of the offence, whichever period last expires.
[F6(2A)Subsection (2) above shall not be taken to impose any restriction on the time when proceedings may be begun for an offence under section 105A above.]
(3)For the purposes of subsection (2) above—
(a)a certificate purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the Head or a secretary, under secretary or assistant secretary of the Department or of the Department of the Environment as to the date on which such evidence as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of that subsection came to its knowledge shall be conclusive evidence of that date; and
(b)a certificate purporting to be signed by a member of the Housing Executive or by an officer of the Executive authorised by it to act for the purposes of this section as to the date on which such evidence as is mentioned in paragraph (b) of that subsection came to the Executive’s knowledge shall be conclusive evidence of that date.
F7[F8(4)Any proceedings in respect of any act or omission of an adjudication officer which, apart from this subsection, would fall to be brought against a person appointed by virtue of section 36(1) above who is resident in Great Britain, other than proceedings for an offence, may instead be brought against the Chief Adjudication Officer; and, for the purposes of any proceedings so brought, the acts or omissions of the adjudication officer shall be treated as the acts or omissions of the Chief Adjudication Officer.]
F9(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F8(5A)In relation to proceedings for an offence under section 108 above—
(a)the reference in subsection (2)(a) above to the Department, and
(b)the reference in subsection (3)(a) above to the Head or a secretary, under secretary or assistant secretary of the Department,
shall have effect as references to the Inland Revenue.]
F10(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 110(1) substituted (24.3.1999 for certain purposes, otherwise 1.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/671, arts. 1(2)(b), 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 24(2); S.R. 1999/149, art. 2(c), Sch. 2 (subject to arts. 3-6 of that S.R.)
F2Words in s. 110(1) inserted (17.7.1996) by S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15), art. 40(1), Sch. 2 para. 38(2); S.R. 1996/285, art. 2, Sch.
F3Words in s. 110(2)(a) substituted (17.2.2016) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), arts. 2(2), 113(a); S.R. 2016/46, art. 3(4)(d)
F4Words in s. 110(2) inserted (17.7.1996) by S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15), art. 40(1), Sch. 2 para. 38(3); S.R. 1996/285, art. 2, Sch.
F5Words in s. 110(2)(b) inserted (17.2.2016) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), arts. 2(2), 113(b); S.R. 2016/46, art. 3(4)(d)
F6S. 110(2A) inserted (1.7.1997) by S.I. 1997/1182 (N.I. 11), art. 19(1), Sch. 1, para. 4; S.R. 1997/316, art. 2, Sch.
F7S. 110(4) repealed (29.11.1999 for certain purposes, otherwiseprosp.) by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), arts. 1(2), 78, Sch. 6 para. 64, Sch. 7; S.R. 1999/472, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 20-22) (subject to art. 2(2) of the said S.R. 1999/472)
F8S. 110(5A) substituted (11.11.1999) by 1999 c. 30, ss. 81, 89(4)(d), Sch. 11 para. 14
F9S. 110(5) omitted (13.1.2020) by virtue of The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 67(1) (with regs. 6-9, 67(3))
F10S. 110(6) omitted (13.1.2020) by virtue of The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 67(1) (with regs. 6-9, 67(3))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 110 applied (with modifications) (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, s. 163(2); S.R. 1994/17, art. 2
C2S. 110(1) applied (with modifications) (27.11.2006) by The Healthy Start Scheme and Day Care Food Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/478), reg. 1, Sch. 5
C3S. 110(2)(a) applied (with modifications) (27.11.2006) by The Healthy Start Scheme and Day Care Food Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/478), reg. 1, Sch. 5
C4S. 110(3)(a) applied (with modifications) (27.11.2006) by The Healthy Start Scheme and Day Care Food Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/478), reg. 1, Sch. 5
C5S. 110(5) applied (with modifications) (27.11.2006) by The Healthy Start Scheme and Day Care Food Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/478), reg. 1, Sch. 5 (as amended (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 67(2) (with regs. 6-9))
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