Social Security Act 1986
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56 Legal proceedings.
(1) Any person authorised by the Secretary of State in that behalf may conduct any proceedings under the benefit Acts before a magistrates’ court . . . . (2) Notwithstanding anything in any Act— (a) proceedings for an offence under the benefit Acts . . . may be begun at any time within the period of three months from the date on which evidence, sufficient in the opinion of the Secretary of State to justify a prosecution for the offence, comes to his knowledge or within a period of twelve months from the commission of the offence, whichever period last expires; . . . (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) For the purposes of subsection (2) above— (a) a certificate purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of State as to the date on which such evidence as is mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsection came to his knowledge shall be conclusive evidence of that date; . . . (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4)—(4B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) In the application of this section to Scotland, the following provisions shall have effect in substitution for subsections (1) to (4A) above— (a) proceedings for an offence under the benefit Acts may, notwithstanding anything in section 136 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, be commenced at any time within the period of three months from the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the Lord Advocate to justify proceedings comes to his knowledge, or within the period of twelve months from the commission of the offence, whichever period last expires; (b) for the purposes of this subsection— (i) a certificate purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the Lord Advocate as to the date on which such evidence as is mentioned above came to his knowledge shall be conclusive evidence thereof; (ii) subsection (3) of section 136 of the said Act of 1995 (date of commencement of proceedings) shall have effect as it has effect for the purposes of that section.
56 Legal proceedings.
(1) Any person authorised by the Secretary of State in that behalf may conduct any proceedings under the benefit Acts before a magistrates’ court . . . . (2) Notwithstanding anything in any Act— (a) proceedings for an offence under the benefit Acts . . . may be begun at any time within the period of three months from the date on which evidence, sufficient in the opinion of the Secretary of State to justify a prosecution for the offence, comes to his knowledge or within a period of twelve months from the commission of the offence, whichever period last expires; . . . (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) For the purposes of subsection (2) above— (a) a certificate purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of State as to the date on which such evidence as is mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsection came to his knowledge shall be conclusive evidence of that date; . . . (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4)—(4B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) In the application of this section to Scotland, the following provisions shall have effect in substitution for subsections (1) to (4A) above— (a) proceedings for an offence under the benefit Acts may, notwithstanding anything in section 136 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, be commenced at any time within the period of three months from the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the Lord Advocate to justify proceedings comes to his knowledge, or within the period of twelve months from the commission of the offence, whichever period last expires; (b) for the purposes of this subsection— (i) a certificate purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the Lord Advocate as to the date on which such evidence as is mentioned above came to his knowledge shall be conclusive evidence thereof; (ii) subsection (3) of section 136 of the said Act of 1995 (date of commencement of proceedings) shall have effect as it has effect for the purposes of that section.
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