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Limitation Act 1980

1980 CHAPTER 58

An Act to consolidate the Limitation Acts 1939 to 1980.

[13th November 1980]

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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]

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

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