Limitation Act 1980

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 ".

8 In paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 3 to the [1969 c. 10.] Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969 (time limits for claims for compensation under that Act to be treated as if contained in Part I of the Limitation Act 1939), for the words "the Limitation Act 1939 " there shall be substituted the words " the Limitation Act 1980 ".

9 In section 25(5) of the [1969 c. 59.] Law of Property Act 1969 (accrual of cause of action to recover compensation for loss due to undisclosed land charges), for the words " the Limitation Act 1939 " there shall be substituted the words " the Limitation Act 1980 ".

10 In section 10 of the [1971 c. 22.] Animals Act 1971 (application of certain enactments to liability under sections 2 to 4 of that Act) for the words " the Limitation Acts 1939 to 1963 " there shall be substituted the words " the Limitation Act 1980 ".

11 In section 2(4) of the [1972 c. 21.] Deposit of Poisonous Waste Act 1972 (civil liability under that Act) for the words from " the Limitation Acts 1939 and 1963 " to " 1954 " there shall be substituted the words " the Limitation Act 1980 ".

12 In section 88(4) of the [1974 c. 40.] Control of Pollution Act 1974 (civil liability under that Act) for paragraph (c) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(c) the Limitation Act 1980”.