14Citation, commencement and extent
(1)This Act may be cited as the Limitation Amendment Act 1980.
(2)This Act and the Limitation Acts 1939 to 1975 may be cited together as the Limitation Acts 1939 to 1980.
(3)This Act, except section 8, shall come into force at the end of the period of three months beginning with the date on which it is passed; and any reference in any provision of this Act to the commencement of this Act is a reference to the date on which that provision comes into force.
(4)Section 8 of this Act shall come into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor may by order made by statutory instrument appoint, and different days may be appointed for different purposes of that section (including its application in relation to different courts or proceedings).
(5)This Act does not extend to Scotland or to Northern Ireland.