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31.—(1) A claim for damages must be made within a period of two years beginning with the relevant date.
(2) The relevant date for the purposes of paragraph (1) is the later of the following—
(a)the end of the period specified in section 47A(7) or (8) of the 1998 Act in relation to the decision on the basis of which the claim is made;
(b)the date on which the cause of action accrued.
(3) The Tribunal may give its permission for a claim to be made before the end of the period referred to in paragraph (2)(a) after taking into account any observations of a proposed defendant.
(4) No claim for damages may be made if, were the claim to be made in proceedings brought before a court, the claimant would be prevented from bringing the proceedings by reason of a limitation period having expired before the commencement of section 47A.
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