Railway Safety Act 2005
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PART 13 Procedural | ||
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Prosecution of summary offences. |
122.—(1) Proceedings for an offence under this Act may be brought and prosecuted summarily by the Commission. | |
(2) The Commission shall be entitled— | ||
(a) to view and take copies of any record or other evidence gathered or obtained by the Investigation Unit during the course of its investigation of a railway incident under section 58 , and | ||
(b) subject to section 58 (17), to submit as evidence in criminal or other proceedings any such record or other evidence. | ||
(3) Notwithstanding section 10 (4) of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 , summary proceedings for any offence under this Act may be instituted at any time within 2 years after the date of the offence. |