The Policing and Crime Act (Financial Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2017

Temporary Regulations: offences and proceedings

12.—(1) Any Temporary Regulations are to be read as if any reference contained in them to—

(a) an offence is a reference to an offence under the law of the Territory;

(b) an offence committed wholly or partly outside the United Kingdom is a reference to an offence committed wholly or partly outside the Territory.

(2) Where Temporary Regulations apply to a person only by virtue of this Order, that person is not guilty of an offence under those Temporary Regulations in respect of anything done by the person—

(a) outside the Territory, and

(b) under the authority of a licence granted in accordance with any provisions of the law in force in the place where it is done corresponding with the provisions of the Temporary Regulations.

(3) Any provision in Temporary Regulations as to the period in which proceedings may be tried, commenced or instituted is to be read as if summary proceedings for an offence alleged to have been committed outside the Territory may be instituted within the period of 12 months beginning with the date on which the person charged first enters the Territory after committing the alleged offence.