Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

LIMITATION ACT 1985

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act  
   2.      Dictionary  
   3.      Notes  
   4.      Other limitations  
   5.      Stolen property or interest in land  
   6.      Acquiescence etc  
   7.      Application of Act to governments  
   8.      Derived rights and agency  
   8A.     Application of provisions relating to accrual date  

   PART 2--PERIODS OF LIMITATION AND RELATED MATTERS

           Division 2.1--Preliminary

   9.      Relationship to pt 3  
   10.     More than 1 bar  

           Division 2.2--General

   11.     General  
   12.     Accounts  
   13.     Deed  
   14.     Judgment  
   15.     Penalty and forfeiture  
   16.     Compensation to relatives  
   16A.    Claims for common law compensation for workers compensation  
   16AA.   Motor accident claims  
   16B.    Other claims for damages for personal injury  
   17.     Arbitral award  
   18.     Successive wrongs to goods  
   19.     Shipping  
   20.     Arrears of interest  
   21.     Contribution between tortfeasors  
   21A.    Tax, licence fee or duty or penalty tax  
   21B.    Defamation proceedings generally to be commenced within 1 year  
   21BA.   Defamation—single publication rule  
   21BB.    Extension of limitation period  
   21BC.   Defamation—effect of limitation law concerning electronic defamatory publications on other  

           Division 2.2A--No limitation period

   21C.    Personal injury resulting from child abuse  

           Division 2.3--Mortgages

   22.     Mortgage under Land Titles Act 1925  
   23.     Redemption  
   24.     Action for principal, possession or foreclosure  
   25.     Action for interest  
   26.     Adjustment of interest  

           Division 2.4--Trusts

   27.     Fraud and conversion—trust property  
   28.     Accrual—future interest  
   29.     Beneficiaries other than plaintiff  

   PART 3--POSTPONEMENT OF BAR

           Division 3.1--General

   30.     Disability  
   30A.    Special provision for injuries to children  
   30B.    Special provision in relation to children—claims relating to health  
   31.     Notice to proceed  
   32.     Confirmation  
   33.     Fraud and concealment  
   34.     Mistake  

           Division 3.2--Personal injuries, latent damage to property and economic loss

   35.     Application of div 3.2  
   36.     Personal injuries  
   37.     Action against estate of deceased person  
   38.     Action by estate of deceased person  
   39.     Action for compensation to relatives  
   40.     Latent damage to property and economic loss  
   41.     Prior bar ineffective  
   42.     Evidence  

   PART 4--MISCELLANEOUS

           Division 4.1--Extinction of right and title

   43.     Extinction of title  
   44.     Possessory lien  
   45.     Extinction of right or title must be alleged in proceedings  

           Division 4.2--Arbitration

   46.     Interpretation for div 4.2  
   47.     Application of Act to arbitration  
   48.     Accrual  
   49.     Commencement of arbitration  

           Division 4.3--General

   51.     Set-off etc  
   52.     Joint right  
   53.     Joint liability  
   54.     Recovery of State or Territory revenue amounts  

           Division 4.4--Choice of law

   55.     Definitions for div 4.4  
   56.     Characterisation of limitation laws  
   57.     Exercise of discretion under limitation law  

           Division 4.5--Other provisions

   58.     Approved forms  
   59.     Regulation-making power  
           DICTIONARY
           ENDNOTES