Section 26 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (1) :

(1A)  If a person proposing to bring an action to which section 5A applies is a person under a disability when the cause of action accrues or as a result of the cause of action accruing becomes a person under a disability, the period of limitation determined under that section applies when that person ceases to be under a disability or dies, whichever event first occurs.

(b) by omitting subsection (6) and substituting the following subsections:

(6)  This section does not apply to an aggrieved party proposing to bring an action under section 5 or 5A unless that aggrieved party proves that he or she or, as the case requires, the person under a disability was not in the custody of a parent or was in the custody of a parent who was a person under a disability at the time when the cause of action accrued.

(7)  This section does not apply to an action where a cause of action accrued on or after the commencement day if the parent of a minor under a disability in respect of which the action may be brought is the intended defendant or is in a close relationship with the intended defendant, in which case the period of limitation is 3 years commencing on the date when the plaintiff attains 25 years of age.

(8)  For the purpose of subsection (7) , a close relationship is a relationship where –

(a) either parent may be directly or indirectly influenced by the intended defendant not to bring an action on behalf of the minor against the intended defendant; or

(b) the minor may be unwilling to disclose to the parent the conduct or events on which the action may be based.

(9)  A judge may, if he or she considers it in the interests of justice to do so, extend the period of limitation referred to in subsection (7) to 3 years commencing on the date of discoverability.