Section 51 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 1989, is hereby amended by -
(a) the insertion in subsection (3) after ''1851,'' of ''but without prejudice to subsection (4),'', and
(b) the substitution in subsection (4) for all the words beginning with ''in respect of the contravention'' to the end of that subsection of the following:
''in respect of the contravention may be commenced at any time within -
(i) six months of the making of the report or, in a case falling within paragraph (c), within six months of the conclusion of the inquest, or
(ii) one year after the date of the contravention,
whichever shall be later.''.