Foreign Limitation Periods Act 1984
1Application of foreign limitation law.
1ZAOverseas armed forces actions: restriction of foreign limitation law
1AExtension of limitation periods because of mediation of certain cross-border disputes
1BExtension of limitation periods because of alternative dispute resolution in certain cross-border or domestic contractual disputes
2Exceptions to s. 1.
3Foreign judgments on limitation points.
4Meaning of law relating to limitation.
4AActions relating to the Northern Ireland Troubles
5 Application of Act to arbitrations.
6Application to Crown.
7Short title, commencement, transitional provision and extent.
8Disapplication of sections 1, 1ZA, 2 and 4 where the law applicable to limitation is determined by other instruments

Foreign Limitation Periods Act 1984

1984 c. 16

An Act to provide for any law relating to the limitation of actions to be treated, for the purposes of cases in which effect is given to foreign law or to determinations by foreign courts, as a matter of substance rather than as a matter of procedure.

I1C1C2Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I1

Act not in force at Royal Assent see s. 7(2); Act wholly in force at 1.10.1985

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Act applied (31.1.1997) by 1996 c. 23, s.13 (with s. 81(2)); S.I. 1996/3146, art. 3

C2

Act amended (31.1.1997) by 1996 c. 23, s. 14(1) (with s. 81(2)); S.I. 1996/3146, art.3