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Sch. 2

(2) In sub-paragraph (1) above “the relevant date” means—

(a) in relation to section 35 of this Act, the date on which that section comes into force in relation to actions of the description in question or, if section 8 of the 1980 c. 24.Limitation Amendment Act 1980 (which substituted the provisions reproduced in section 35 for section 28 of the Limitation Act 1939) is in force immediately before 1st May 1981 in relation to actions of that description, the date on which section 8 came into force in relation to actions of that description; and

(b) in relation to any other provision of this Act, 1st August 1980 (being the date of coming into force of the remaining provisions of the Limitation Amendment Act 1980, apart from section 8).

Section 40(2).

SCHEDULE 3
Consequential Amendments

1. In section 83 of the 1925 c. 21.Land Registration Act 1925 (right to indemnity in case of errors in and rectifications of the register), in subsection (11) (accrual of cause of action in respect of a right to indemnity), for the words “the Limitation Act 1623” there shall be substituted the words “the Limitation Act 1980”.

2. In section 21A of the 1925 c. 23.Administration of Estates Act 1925 (debtor who becomes creditor’s executor by representation or administrator to account for debt to estate) the reference in subsection (2) to the Limitation Act 1939 shall be construed as including a reference to this Act.

3. In section 2(1) of the 1945 c. 16.Limitation (Enemies and War Prisoners) Act 1945 (interpretation), for the words “the Limitation Act 1939” in the definition of “statute of limitation” there shall be substituted the words “the Limitation Act 1980”.

4. In section 3(4) of the 1954 c. 58.Charitable Trusts (Validation) Act 1954 (application of section 31(2) to (4) of the Limitation Act 1939 for purposes of that section), for the words “Subsections (2) to (4) of section thirty-one of the Limitation Act 1939” there shall be substituted the words “Subsections (2) to (6) of section thirty-eight of the Limitation Act 1980”.

5. In section 5(3) of the 1961 c. 27.Carriage by Air Act 1961 (application of time limit in that Act to arbitrations), for the words “section twenty-seven of the Limitation Act 1939” there shall be substituted the words “section thirty-four of the Limitation Act 1980”.

6. In section 7(2)(a) of the 1965 c. 37.Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965 (application of time limit in that Act to arbitrations), for the words “section 27 of the Limitation Act 1939” there shall be substituted the words “section 34 of the Limitation Act 1980”.

7. In paragraph 7(6) of Schedule 3 to the 1967 c. 22.Agriculture Act 1967 (conditions applying to amalgamated agricultural units) for the words “the Limitation Act 1939” there shall be substituted the words “the Limitation Act 1980”.