The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment No. 3) 1985 No. 1277 (L. 10)

Foreign Limitation Periods Act 1984(1)

2.  In Order 15, rule 6—

(a) for the final sentence of paragraph (5) there shall be substituted the following—

“In this paragraph “any relevant period of limitation” means a time limit under the Limitation Act 1980 or a time limit which applies to the proceedings in question by virtue of the Foreign Limitation Periods Act 1984.”

(b) at the beginning of paragraph (6) there shall be inserted the following—

“Except in a case to which the law of another country relating to limitation applies, and the law of England and Wales does not so apply,”.

3.  In Order 18, rule 8(1), for the words “any relevant statute of limitation” there shall be substituted the words “the expiry of any relevant period of limitation”.

4.  In Order 20, rule 5, to the end of paragraph (2) there shall be added the following—

“In this paragraph `any relevant period of limitation' includes a time limit which applies to the proceedings in question by virtue of the Foreign Limitation Periods Act 1984”.

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1984 c.16.