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Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973

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2020-01-06

Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973

Sch. 1

para. 1(d)

(da)

Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018

s. 1(2)

s. 17(2)

reg. 2(1)

reg. 1(2)

3(1)

4(1)

Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973

Sch. 1

para. 1(fa)

(fb)

Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018

s. 2(2)

s. 17(2)

reg. 2(1)

reg. 1(2)

3(1)

4(1)

Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973

Sch. 1

para. 1(h)

Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018

s. 3(2)(b)

s. 17(2)

reg. 2(1)

reg. 1(2)

3(1)

4(1)

Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973

Sch. 1

para. 2(e)

(ea)

Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018

s. 3(3)(a)

s. 17(2)

reg. 2(1)

reg. 1(2)

3(1)

4(1)

Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973

Sch. 1

para. 2(fa)-(fd)

Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018

s. 3(3)(b)

s. 17(2)

reg. 2(1)

reg. 1(2)

3(1)

4(1)

Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973

s. 6(4A)

Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018

s. 4(3)

s. 17(2)

reg. 2(1)

reg. 1(2)

3(1)

4(1)

Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973

s. 7(1)

Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018

s. 6(2)(a)

s. 17(2)

reg. 2(1)

reg. 1(2)

3(1)

4(1)

Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973

s. 7(3)-(5)

Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018

s. 6(2)(b)

s. 17(2)

reg. 2(1)

reg. 1(2)

3(1)

4(1)

Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973

s. 8(1A)-(1C)

Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018

s. 7(3)

s. 17(2)

reg. 2(1)

reg. 1(2)

3(1)

4(1)

Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973

s. 7A

Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018

s. 9(2)

s. 17(2)

reg. 2(1)

reg. 1(2)

3(1)

4(1)

Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973

s. 9(1)(e)-(h)

Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018

s. 10(2)(b)

s. 17(2)

reg. 2(1)

reg. 1(2)

3(1)

4(1)

Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973

s. 22A(3)(d)-(g)

Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018

s. 10(3)(b)

s. 17(2)

reg. 2(1)

reg. 1(2)

3(1)

4(1)

Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973

s. 9(2A)

Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018

s. 11(2)

s. 17(2)

reg. 2(1)

reg. 1(2)

3(1)

4(1)

Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973

s. 9A

Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018

s. 12

s. 17(2)

reg. 2(1)

reg. 1(2)

3(1)

4(1)

Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973

s. 13A

Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018

s. 14(2)

s. 17(2)

reg. 2(1)

reg. 1(2)

3(1)

4(1)

Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973

s. 22A(7A)

Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018

s. 14(3)

s. 17(2)

reg. 2(1)

reg. 1(2)

3(1)

4(1)

Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973

s. 32(2)

Heat Networks (Scotland) Act 2021

s. 69(8)

s. 97

s. 102(2)

PART IPrescription

Negative Prescription

7Extinction of obligations by prescriptive periods of twenty years

1

If, after the date when any obligation to which this section applies has become enforceable, the obligation has subsisted for a continuous period of twenty years—

a

without any relevant claim having been made in relation to the obligation, and

b

without the subsistence of the obligation having been relevantly acknowledged,

then as from the expiration of that period the obligation shall be extinguished :

Provided that in its application to an obligation under a bill of exchange or a promissory note this subsection shall have effect as if paragraph (b) thereof were omitted.

2

This section applies to an obligation of any kind (including an obligation to which section 6 of this Act applies), not being an obligation specified in Schedule 3 to this Act as an imprescriptible obligation.