Insurance Companies Act 1982 (repealed)
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94 Summary proceedings.
(1) Summary proceedings for any offence under this Act may (without prejudice to any jurisdiction exercisable apart from this subsection) be taken against a body corporate at any place at which the body has a place of business, and against any other person at any place at which he is for the time being. (2) Notwithstanding anything in section 127 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, an information relating to an offence under this Act which is triable by a magistrates’ court in England and Wales may be so tried if it is laid at any time within three years after the commission of the offence and within twelve months after the date on which evidence sufficient, in the opinion of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Treasury,the Secretary of State or the Industrial Assurance Commissioner, as the case may be, to justify the proceedings comes to his or their knowledge. (3) Summary proceedings in Scotland for an offence under this Act shall not be commenced after the expiration of three years from the commission of the offence. (4) Subject to the limitation in subsection (3) above and notwithstanding anything in section 136 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, the proceedings referred to in that subsection may be commenced at any time within twelve months after the date on which evidence sufficent in the opinion of the Lord Advocate to justify the proceedings comes to his knowledge or, where such evidence was reported to him by the Treasury,the Secretary of State or the Industrial Assurance Commissioner, within twelve months after the date on which it came to the knowledge of the Treasury, Secretary of State or Commissioner. (5) Subsection (3) of section 136 of the said Act of 1995shall apply for the purposes of subsections (3) and (4) above as it applies for the purposes of that section. (6) Notwithstanding anything in Article 19(1) of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, a complaint relating to an offence under this Act which is triable by a court of summary jurisdiction in Northern Ireland may be so tried if it is made at any time within three years after the commission of the offence and within twelve months after the date on which evidence sufficient, in the opinion of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland ,the Treasury the Secretary of State or the Department of Commerce for Northern Ireland as the case may be, to justify the proceedings comes to his or that Department’s knowledge. (7) For the purposes of this section a certificate of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Lord Advocate, the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland , the Treasury the Secretary of State, the Department of Commerce for Northern Ireland or the Industrial Assurance Commissioner, as the case may be, as to the date on which such evidence as aforesaid came to his, or that Department’s, knowledge shall be conclusive evidence.
94 Summary proceedings.
(1) Summary proceedings for any offence under this Act may (without prejudice to any jurisdiction exercisable apart from this subsection) be taken against a body corporate at any place at which the body has a place of business, and against any other person at any place at which he is for the time being. (2) Notwithstanding anything in section 127 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, an information relating to an offence under this Act which is triable by a magistrates’ court in England and Wales may be so tried if it is laid at any time within three years after the commission of the offence and within twelve months after the date on which evidence sufficient, in the opinion of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Treasury,the Secretary of State or the Industrial Assurance Commissioner, as the case may be, to justify the proceedings comes to his or their knowledge. (3) Summary proceedings in Scotland for an offence under this Act shall not be commenced after the expiration of three years from the commission of the offence. (4) Subject to the limitation in subsection (3) above and notwithstanding anything in section 136 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, the proceedings referred to in that subsection may be commenced at any time within twelve months after the date on which evidence sufficent in the opinion of the Lord Advocate to justify the proceedings comes to his knowledge or, where such evidence was reported to him by the Treasury,the Secretary of State or the Industrial Assurance Commissioner, within twelve months after the date on which it came to the knowledge of the Treasury, Secretary of State or Commissioner. (5) Subsection (3) of section 136 of the said Act of 1995shall apply for the purposes of subsections (3) and (4) above as it applies for the purposes of that section. (6) Notwithstanding anything in Article 19(1) of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, a complaint relating to an offence under this Act which is triable by a court of summary jurisdiction in Northern Ireland may be so tried if it is made at any time within three years after the commission of the offence and within twelve months after the date on which evidence sufficient, in the opinion of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland ,the Treasury the Secretary of State or the Department of Commerce for Northern Ireland as the case may be, to justify the proceedings comes to his or that Department’s knowledge. (7) For the purposes of this section a certificate of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Lord Advocate, the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland , the Treasury the Secretary of State, the Department of Commerce for Northern Ireland or the Industrial Assurance Commissioner, as the case may be, as to the date on which such evidence as aforesaid came to his, or that Department’s, knowledge shall be conclusive evidence.
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