Time limit for prosecutionsE+W
23.—(1) No prosecution for an offence under these Regulations is to be begun after the expiry of three years from the commission of the offence or one year from its discovery by the prosecutor, whichever is the earlier.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to an offence under regulation F1...19(2) or (3).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 23(2) omitted (14.9.2017) by virtue of The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/832), regs. 1(3), 12