Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996

21 In section 56(2) for paragraphs (a) to (c) substitute—

“(a) section 5 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 (no prosecution for offence under that section more than 12 months after the commission of the offence);

(b) Article 19(1)(a) of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (magistrates' court not to hear and determine certain complaints unless made within 6 months of time when offence committed);

(c) an enactment that imposes a time limit only in certain circumstances (as where proceedings are not instituted by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland).”