Further provision relating to offences 3 Powers of enforcement The schedule makes provision about the powers of constables for the purposes of and 15 in connection with this Act. 4 Time limit for summary proceedings (1) Summary proceedings for an offence under section 1(1) or 2(1) may be brought within the period of 6 months beginning with the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the prosecutor to justify the proceedings came to the prosecutor’s knowledge. 20 (2) But no such proceedings may be brought more than 3 years— (a) after the commission of the offence, or (b) in the case of an offence involving a continuous contravention, after the last date on which the offence was committed. (3) A certificate signed by or on behalf of the prosecutor which states the date on which 25 evidence referred to in subsection (1) came to the prosecutor’s knowledge is conclusive evidence of that fact, and such a certificate which purports to be so signed is to be treated as being so signed unless the contrary is proved. 5 Deprivation orders (1) Where a person is convicted of a relevant offence, the convicting court may make an 30 order (in this Act referred to as a “deprivation order”) in respect of any greyhound present at the commission of the offence. (2) A deprivation order is an order— (a) depriving a person of possession or ownership (or both) of a greyhound, and (b) for— 35 (i) the destruction, (ii) the sale...