Hodgetts v Chiltern District Council [1983] 2 AC 120 – S 89 TCPA 1971.
- continuing offence.
1) not duplicity to charge a continuing offence as occurring over a period of time.
- non-compliance with a “do notice” is complete once period for compliance expires.
- non-compliance with a “do notice” after conviction is a single continuing offence.
- non-compliance with a “desist notice” is a single continuing offence.
2) wording of information alleging a continuing offence.
undefined: unpaid
Related case digests
- Barton v DPP (2001) 165 JP 779 - R 12 MCR.
- duplicity - 94 acts - one activity. - 94 similar thefts over a year, interspersed with honesty, could be one continuous offence.