New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
(1) A civil infringement notice must be issued within 12 months after the day on which the earliest civil liability event referred to in the notice is alleged to have occurred.
(2) A civil infringement notice may be issued—
(a) by delivering it to the person alleged to have committed the civil liability event; or
(b) by post, addressed to that person's last known place of residence or business.
(3) A civil infringement notice issued to a person in accordance with subsection (2)(b) is deemed to have been issued on the day it was posted.
Compare: Spam Act 2003 Sch 3, cl 3 (Aust)