(1) A compensation
application must be made within 3 years after the date on which —
(a) the
offence to which it relates was committed; or
(b) if
it relates to more than one offence, the last of them was committed.
(2) Despite subsection
(1), an assessor may allow a compensation application to be made after the 3
years if he or she thinks it is just to do so and may do so on any conditions
that he or she thinks it is just to impose.