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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Limitation Act 1980 (c. 58)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

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Limitation Act 1980

1980 CHAPTER 58

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. Part I

    Ordinary Time Limits for Different Classes of Action

    1. Time limits under Part I subject to extension or exclusion under Part II

      1. 1. Time limits under Part I subject to extension or exclusion under Part II

    2. Actions founded on tort

      1. 2. Time limit for actions founded on tort

      2. 3. Time limit in case of successive conversions and extinction of title of owner of converted goods

      3. 4. Special time limit in case of theft

      4. 4A. Time limit for actions for defamation or malicious falsehood

    3. Actions founded on simple contract

      1. 5. Time limit for actions founded on simple contract

      2. 6. Special time limit for actions in respect of certain loans

      3. 7. Time limit for actions to enforce certain awards

    4. General rule for actions on a specialty

      1. 8. Time limit for actions on a specialty

    5. Actions for sums recoverable by statute

      1. 9. Time limit for actions for sums recoverable by statute

      2. 10. Special time limit for claiming contribution

    6. Actions in respect of wrongs causing personal injuries or death

      1. 11. Special time limit for actions in respect of personal injuries

      2. 11A. Actions in respect of defective products

      3. 12. Special time limit for actions under Fatal Accidents legislation

      4. 13. Operation of time limit under section 12 in relation to different dependants

      5. 14. Definition of date of knowledge for purposes of sections 11 and 12

    7. Actions in respect of latent damage not involving personal injuries

      1. 14A. Special time limit for negligence actions where facts relevant to cause of action are not known at date of accrual

      2. 14B. Overriding time limit for negligence actions not involving personal injuries

    8. Actions to recover land and rent

      1. 15. Time limit for actions to recover land

      2. 16. Time limit for redemption actions

      3. 17. Extinction of title to land after expiration of time limit

      4. 18. Settled land and land held on trust

      5. 19. Time limit for actions to recover rent

    9. Commonhold

      1. 19A. Actions for breach of commonhold duty

    10. Actions to recover money secured by a mortgage or charge or to recover proceeds of the sale of land

      1. 20. Time limit for actions to recover money secured by a mortgage or charge or to recover proceeds of the sale of land

    11. Actions in respect of trust property or the personal estate of deceased persons

      1. 21. Time limit for actions in respect of trust property

      2. 22. Time limit for actions claiming personal estate of a deceased person

    12. Actions for an account

      1. 23. Time limit in respect of actions for an account

    13. Miscellaneous and supplemental

      1. 24. Time limit for actions to enforce judgments

      2. 25. Time limit for actions to enforce advowsons and extinction of title to advowsons

      3. 26. Administration to date back to death

      4. 27. Cure of defective disentailing assurance

      5. 27A. Actions for recovery of property obtained through unlawful conduct etc

      6. 27B.Actions for recovery of property for purposes of an external order

  2. Part II

    Extension or Exclusion of Ordinary Time Limits

    1. Disability

      1. 28. Extension of limitation period in case of disability

      2. 28A. Extension for cases where the limitation period is the period under section 14A(4)(b)

    2. Acknowledgment and part payment

      1. 29. Fresh accrual of action on acknowledgment or part payment

      2. 30. Formal provisions as to acknowledgments and part payments

      3. 31. Effect of acknowledgment or part payment on persons other than the maker or recipient

    3. Fraud, concealment and mistake

      1. 32. Postponement of limitation period in case of fraud, concealment or mistake

    4. Discretionary exclusion of time limit for actions for defamation or malicious falsehood

      1. 32A. Discretionary exclusion of time limit for actions for defamation or malicious falsehood

    5. Discretionary exclusion of time limit for actions in respect of personal injuries or death

      1. 33. Discretionary exclusion of time limit for actions in respect of personal injuries or death

  3. Part III

    Miscellaneous and General

    1. 34.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 35. New claims in pending actions: rules of court

    3. 36. Equitable jurisdiction and remedies

    4. 37. Application to the Crown and the Duke of Cornwall

    5. 38. Interpretation

    6. 39. Saving for other limitation enactments

    7. 40. Transitional provisions, amendments and repeals

    8. 41. Short title, commencement and extent

  4. SCHEDULE 1

    Provisions with Respect to Actions to Recover Land

  5. SCHEDULE 2

    Transitional Provisions

  6. SCHEDULE 3

    Consequential Amendments

  7. SCHEDULE 4

    Enactments Repealed

An Act to consolidate the Limitation Acts 1939 to 1980.

[13th November 1980]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act extended by Water Act 1981 (c. 12, SIF 130), s. 6(4)

C2Act amended (1.5.1994) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 73(9)(c); S.I. 1994/1096, art.2(1)

Act amended (31.1.1997) by 1996 c. 23, s. 14(1) (with s. 81(2)); S.I. 1996/3146, art. 3

C3Act modified (E.W.) (1.12.1991) by Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56, SIF 130), ss. 209(4), 223(2) (with ss. 82(3), 186(1), 222(1), Sch. 14 para. 6)

Act applied with modifications by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), s. 208(4)(with ss. 16(6), 179, 222(3), 224(1), 225(4), Sch. 22 para. 1, Sch. 23 para.6)

Act modified (27.4.1997) by 1925 c. 21, s. 83(12) (as substituted (27.4.1997) by 1997 c. 2, s. 2 (with s. 5(5)))

C4Act applied (31.1.1997) by 1996 c. 23, s. 13 (with s. 81(2)); S.I. 1996/3146, art. 3

Act modified (13.10.2003) by 2002 c. 9, ss. 103, 134, 136(2), Sch. 8 para. 8, Sch. 12 para. 19(1) (with s. 129); S.I. 2003/1725 art. 2

C5Act: 2004 c. 12, s. 320 to be construed as one with this Act (22.7.2004) by virtue of The Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 320

C6Act: for the words "Supreme Court Act 1981" wherever they occur there is substituted (prosp.) the words "Senior Courts Act 1981" by virtue of Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 1(2) [Editorial Note: this amendment will be carried through into the text of the Act at the same time as any other effects on the Act for the year in which the relevant commencement order (or first such order) is made]

Commencement Information

I1Act wholly in force at 1. 5. 1981 see s. 41 (2)(3)

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