Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018
5-year negative prescription
1Obligations to pay damages and delictual obligations
2Obligations related to contract
3Statutory obligations
4Effect of fraud or error on computation of prescriptive period
5Start point of prescriptive period for obligations to pay damages
20-year negative prescription
6Obligations: 20-year prescriptive period and extension
7Property rights: 20-year prescriptive period and extension
8Start point of prescriptive period for obligations to pay damages
Miscellaneous
9Saving for other statutory provisions about prescription or limitation
10Definition of “relevant claim”
11Prescriptive periods under sections 6 and 8A: interruption by relevant claim
12Definition of “final disposal” of relevant claim
13Restrictions on contracting out
14Burden of proof
General
15Ancillary provision
16Consequential modifications
17Commencement
18Short title

Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018

2018 asp 15

An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the law relating to the extinction of rights and obligations by the passage of time.