PART IIIOFFICIAL CONTROLS ON FEED AND FOOD OF NON-ANIMAL ORIGIN FROM THIRD COUNTRIES

Time limit for prosecutions (imports)

40.  No prosecution for an offence under the Import Provisions which is punishable under regulation 39(2) will be begun after the expiry of—

(a)three years from the commission of the offence; or

(b)one year from its discovery by the prosecutor,

whichever is the earlier.