4c. 16
Foreign Limitation Periods Act 1984
(2) For the purposes of this section references to an action or proceedings by or against the Crown include references to—
- (a) any action or proceedings by or against Her Majesty in right of the Duchy of Lancaster;
- (b) any action or proceedings by or against any Government department or any officer of the Crown as such or any person acting on behalf of the Crown;
- (c) any action or proceedings by or against the Duke of Cornwall.
Short title, commencement, transitional provision and extent. 7.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Foreign Limitation Periods Act 1984.
(2) This Act shall come into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.
(3) Nothing in this Act shall—
- (a) affect any action, proceedings or arbitration commenced in England and Wales before the day appointed under subsection (2) above; or
- (b) apply in relation to any matter if the limitation period which, apart from this Act, would have been applied in respect of that matter in England and Wales expired before that day.
(4) This Act extends to England and Wales only.
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