Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A prosecution for an offence against this Act may be started within 2 years after the alleged date of commission of the offence or within 1 year after the offence comes to the knowledge of the authority, whichever is the later.
(2) A prosecution may only be started by a person authorised by the authority (either generally or in the particular case) to bring the prosecution or the Attorney-General.
(3) The authorisation required by subsection (2) is to be presumed in the absence of evidence to the contrary.