Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A proceeding for an offence against this Act, or for a vegetation clearing offence, must be taken in a summary way under the Justices Act 1886.
(2) Subject to subsection (4), a proceeding for an offence against this Act must start—
(a) within 1 year after the commission of the offence; or
(b) within 1 year after the offence comes to the complainant's knowledge, but within 5 years after the offence is committed.
(3) Despite the Planning Act, and subject to subsection (4), a proceeding for a vegetation clearing offence must start—
(a) within 1 year after the commission of the offence; or
(b) within 1 year after the offence comes to the complainant's knowledge, but within 5 years after the offence is committed.
(4) If a Magistrates Court considers it just and equitable in the circumstances, the court may, at any time, extend a time set under this section.
(5) Subsection (4)—
(a) applies to an offence regardless of whether it was committed before or after the commencement of the subsection; and
(b) does not apply to an offence if the time for starting a proceeding for the offence had expired before the commencement of the subsection.
(6) A vegetation clearing offence does not come to the complainant's knowledge merely because the complainant receives a remotely sensed image that may provide evidence of the offence.