The Limitation (Northern Ireland) Order 1989

Explanatory Note

(This Note is not part of the Order)

This Order consolidates the Statute of Limitations (Northern Ireland) 1958, and the enactments amending it.

THE LIMITATION (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1989
TABLE OF DERIVATIONS
NOTES: The following abbreviations are used in this Table—1958 —The Statute of Limitations (Northern Ireland) 1958 (c. 10) 1976 —The Limitation (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (NI 18) 1977 —The Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (NI 18) 1978 —The Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978 (c. 47) 1979 —The Administration of Estates (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (NI 14) 1982 —The Limitation Amendment (Northern Ireland) Order 1982 (NI 7) 1985 —The Foreign Limitation Periods (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (NI 5) 1986 —The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (NI 4) 1987L —The Limitation (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (NI 17) 1987CP —The Consumer Protection (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (NI 20)

Provision of Order	Derivation
1	—
2(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)	—1958 s. 74(1)1958 s. 74(2)1958 s. 74(3)1958 s. 74(4)1958 s. 74(6)1958 s. 74(7)1958 s. 74(8)1958 s. 74(9)Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 c. 36 s. 42(2)
3	1958 s. 7
4	1958 s. 8; 1976 Sch. 1 para. 3; 1978 Sch. 1 para. 4; 1982 Sch. 1 para. 2
5	1982 Art. 4
6(1) (2)	1958 s. 9(1); 1976 Sch. 1 para. 4; 1987L Art. 3(2)1958 s. 9(2); 1976 Sch. 1 para. 5; 1987L Art. 6(1)
7(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)	1976 Art. 31976 Art. 31976 Art. 31976 Art. 3; 1982 Sch. 1 para. 3(a)1976 Art. 31976 Art. 3; 1987CP Sch. 1 para. 11987 CP Sch. 1 para. 11976 Art. 3; 1982 Sch. 1 para. 3(b)1976 Art. 3; 1982 Sch. 1 para. 3(c)1976 Art. 3; 1987CP Sch. 1 para. 21976 Art. 3
8	1987CP Sch. 1 para. 2
9(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)	1976 Art. 31976 Art. 3; 1977 Sch. 1 para. 2(1); 1987CP Sch. 1 para. 31976 Art. 3; 1977 Sch. 1 para. 2(1)1976 Art. 3; 1977 Sch. 1 para. 2(1)1976 Art. 3; 1977 Sch. 1; 1982 Sch. 1 para. 4
10(1) (2)	1976 Art. 3; 1977 Sch. 1 para. 2(1)1976 Art. 3
11	1987L Art. 3(1)
12	1987L Art. 3(1)
13	1978 Sch. 1 para. 3
14	1982 Sch. 1 para. 5
15	1958 s. 12
16	1958 s. 13; 1982 Sch. 1 para. 6
17	1958 s. 15; 1982 Sch. 1 para. 8
18	1982 Art. 5
19	1958 s. 16; 1982 Sch. 2
20	1958 s. 7; 1982 Sch. 1 para. 1
21(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)	1958 s. 17(3)1958 s. 17(4)1958 s. 17(1); 1979 Sch. 2 para. 5(a)1979 Sch. 2 para. 5(b)1958 s. 17(2)1958 s. 17(2)—
22	1958 s. 19(2)—(6)
23	1958 s. 23
24	1958 s. 25
25	1958 s. 27
26	1958 s. 28
27	1958 s. 29
28	1958 s. 30
29	1958 s. 31
30	1958 s. 32
31	1958 s. 33
32(1) (2) (3)	1958 s. 34(2)1958 s. 34(3)1958 s. 34(1)
33	1958 s. 35
34	1958 s. 36
35	1958 s. 37
36	1958 s. 38
37	1958 s. 39
38	1958 s. 40
39	1958 s. 41
40	1958 s. 42
41	1958 s. 43
42	1958 s. 44
43(1) (2)	1958 s. 451982 Art. 8
44	1958 s. 46
45	1958 s. 47
46	1958 s. 48; 1982 Sch. 1 para. 10
47(1) (2) (3)	1958 s. 49(1)1986 Sch. 51986 Sch. 5
48(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)	1958 s. 50(1)1958 s. 50(2)1958 s. 50(3)1958 s. 50(4)1976 Art. 4(2)1987CP Sch. 1 para. 51987L Art. 6(2)1976 Art. 4(3); 1978 Sch. 1 para. 4
49	1987L Art. 4(1)
50(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)	1976 Art. 3; 1987CP Sch. 1 para. 4(a)1987CP Sch. 1 para. 4(b)1976 Art. 3; 1987CP Sch. 1 para. 4(c)1976 Art. 3; 1987CP Sch. 1 para. 4(d)1976 Art. 3; 1987CP Sch. 1 para. 4(c)1976 Art. 31976 Art. 3; 1977 Sch. 1 para. 2(2)1976 Art. 31976 Art. 3; 1987CP Sch. 1 para. 4(e)
51	1987L Art. 6(3)
52	1958 s. 51
53	1958 s. 52
54	1958 s. 53
55	1958 s. 54
56	1958 s. 55
57	1958 s. 56
58	1958 s. 57
59 (1) (2) (3) (4)	1958 s. 58(1)1958 s. 58(2)1982 Art. 9(1)1982 Art. 9(1)
60(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)	1958 s. 59(1)1958 s. 59(2)1958 s. 59(3); 1982 Sch. 1 para. 131958 s. 59(4)1958 s. 59(6)
61	1958 s. 60
62	1958 s. 61
63	1958 s. 62
64	1958 s. 63
65	1958 s. 64
66	1958 s. 65
67(1) (2) (3)	1958 s. 661982 Art. 9(2)1982 Art. 9(2)
68(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)	1958 s. 67(1); 1982 Sch. 1 para. 141958 s. 67(2)1958 s. 67(3)1958 s. 67(4)1958 s. 67(6)
69	1958 s. 68
70	1958 s. 69
71(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (5) (6)	1982 Art. 10; 1987CP Sch. 1 para. 6(a)1982 Art. 101982 Art. 101982 Art. 101987CP Sch. 1 para. 6(b)1982 Art. 101987L Art. 4(2)
72(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)	1958 s. 3; 1976 Sch. 1 para. 21958 s. 72(1) Sch. 1 para. 21958 s. 72(2); 1976 Sch. 1 para. 21958 s. 72(3)1958 s. 72(4); 1976 Sch. 1 para. 21985 Art. 6(1)1958 s. 72(5); 1976 Sch. 1 para. 7
73	1982 Art. 3
74(1) (2) (3) (4)	1958 s. 4(1)1958 s. 1(1)(a); 1976 Sch. 1 para. 21958 s. 4(2)1958 s. 4(3)
75(1) (2) (3)	1958 s. 51958 ss. 1(1)(c), 73; 1976 Sch. 1 para. 71958 s. 1(2)
Sch. 1 para.1   2   3   4   5(1)    (2)   6(1)    (2)   7   8   9	1958 s. 18(1)1958 s. 18(2)1958 s. 18(3)1958 s. 19(1)1958 s. 21(3)1958 s. 21(4)1958 s. 21(5)1958 s. 21(6)1958 s. 201958 s. 22; 1982 Art. 71958 s. 29(4)
Sch. 2 para. 1   2   3   4   5   6   7	1978 s. 7(1)1976 Art. 5(3)1982 Art. 9(4)See 1968 c. 59 s. 1(1)(h)(k)1982 Art. 6(4)1958 s. 74(1) (“mortgage”) and repeal of 1850 c. 29 by 1969 c. 30 Sch. 6, subject to saving in s. 1251982 Art. 13(1); 1987L Art. 7(1)