Victorian Current Acts

LIMITATION OF ACTIONS ACT 1958 - SECT 27QA

    (1)     An action may be brought on a previously barred cause of action even if an action on the cause of action was dismissed—

        (a)     on the ground that the action was brought after the expiry of any applicable limitation period; or

        (b)     by refusing to extend any applicable limitation period.

    (2)     An action may be brought on a previously settled cause of action.

    (3)     This section does not apply to—

        (a)     any deed of release or accepted offer of redress under the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018 of the Commonwealth; or

        (b)     any settlement that has been taken into account in any deed of release or accepted offer of redress under the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018 of the Commonwealth.

S. 27QB inserted by No. 30/2019 s. 32.