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Merchant Shipping (Liner Conferences) Act 1982

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8Time for bringing legal proceedings

(1)No legal proceedings arising out of a dispute relating to the application or operation of the Code shall be brought in the United Kingdom after the end of the period of two years from the date on which the cause of action accrued or, if later, the end of the period of six months from the date on which conciliation proceedings relating to the dispute were completed or abandoned.

(2)In England and Wales the following provisions of the [1980 c. 58.] Limitation Act 1980 apply to the limitation period prescribed by subsection (1) as they apply to the limitation periods prescribed by that Act

(a)section 28(1) (extension of period in case of legal disability), but with the substitution of " two years " for " six years " ;

(b)section 32(1) (postponement of period in case of fraud, concealment or mistake);

(c)section 35 (application to new claims in pending actions).

(3)In Scotland section 6(4) of the [1973 c. 52.] Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 (extension of prescriptive period in case of fraud, error or legal disability) applies to the limitation period prescribed by subsection (1) as it applies to the prescriptive period mentioned in section 6(1) of that Act.

(4)In Northern Ireland the following provisions of the [1958 c. 10 (N.I.).] Statute of Limitations Act (Northern Ireland) 1958 apply to the limitation period prescribed by subsection (1) as they apply to the limitation periods prescribed by that Act—

(a)section 2 (application to new claims in pending actions);

(b)section 50(1) (extension of period in case of legal disability), but with the substitution of " two years " for " six years " ;

(c)section 70(1) (postponement of period in case of fraud, concealment or mistake).

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