Part 9Miscellaneous and supplementary
General provisions about offences
186Proceedings for offences
1
In this section “offence” means an offence under this Act.
2
Proceedings for an offence may be instituted—
a
by a licensing authority,
b
by the Director of Public Prosecutions, or
c
in the case of an offence under section 146 or 147 (sale of alcohol to children), by a local weights and measures authority (within the meaning of section 69 of the Weights and Measures Act 1985 (c. 72)).
3
In relation to any offence, section 127(1) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (information to be laid within six months of offence) is to have effect as if for the reference to six months there were substituted a reference to 12 months.