24(1)Section 1256 (time limits for prosecution of offences) applies with the following modifications.E+W
(2)In subsection (1) omit “in England and Wales”.
(3)Omit subsections (2) to (4).
(4)For subsection (5) substitute—
“(5)This section does not authorise the trial of an information laid more than 3 years after the commission of the offence.”
(5)In subsection (6) omit “, the Lord Advocate, the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland”.
(6)In subsection (7) omit the words from “, section 331” to the end.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 5 para. 24 in force at 16.12.2014 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2014/3319, art. 2(e)