Clause 19

by deleting the word “later” in subsection (1) and substituting the word “latest”;

by deleting the full‑stop at the end of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraphs:“(c)where any police investigation relating to a related civil offence has commenced before the expiry of the default limitation period —

the date on which the investigation ends; or

if proceedings are instituted in a civil court as a result of that investigation — the applicable date under paragraph (d);

where proceedings are instituted in a civil court in respect of a related civil offence before the expiry of the default limitation period —

if the related civil offence was not alleged to have been committed by the person or the person is not sentenced to imprisonment, detention or reformative training — the date on which those proceedings end; or

if the person is sentenced to imprisonment, detention or reformative training — the date on which the person completes the sentence of imprisonment, detention or reformative training;

where the person is sentenced to imprisonment, detention or reformative training for any civil offence before the expiry of the default limitation period — the date on which the person completes the sentence of imprisonment, detention or reformative training;

where a warrant for the arrest of the person is issued under section 169 before the expiry of the default limitation period but could not be executed within the default limitation period despite all reasonable efforts to do so due to the whereabouts of the accused being unknown — the date the person is arrested.”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (5), the following subsection:“(6) In this section —“default limitation period” means the period of 3 years after the later of the dates mentioned in subsection (1)(a) and (b);“related civil offence”, in relation to a person alleged to have committed an offence triable under this Act, means an alleged civil offence, whether alleged to have been committed by that person or another person, arising from the same factual matrix as the alleged offence triable under this Act, which, if tried in a civil court, may result in a finding by the civil court that has a material relevance to a finding at a trial by a subordinate military court of that person for the alleged offence triable under this Act.”.