Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1984
After section 8 of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 (in this Act referred to as ”the principal Act”) there shall be inserted the following section—.
For sections 17 to 19 of the principal Act there shall be substituted the following sections—.
For section 22 of the principal Act there shall be substituted the following section—.
At the beginning of Part III of the principal Act there shall be inserted the following section—.
Section 2 of this Act shall have effect as regards rights of action accruing both before and after the coming into force of this Act.
Section 4 of this Act shall not have effect as regards any proceedings commenced before the coming into force of this Act.
The amendment to section 7(2) of the principal Act specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect as regards any obligation which has not been extinguished before the coming into force of this Act.
The enactments mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments respectively specified in that Schedule, being minor amendments and amendments consequential on the provisions of this Act.
The enactments set out in Schedule 2 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in column 3 of that Schedule.
This Act may be cited as the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1984.
This Act shall come into force at the end of a period of 2 months beginning with the date on which it is passed.
This Act extends to Scotland only.
Section 6(1).
In subsection (1) of section 1, as substituted for Scotland by paragraph (a) of section 4, in the list of enactments appended to the subsection for the words “sections 17 and 20(1) of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973” there shall be substituted the words “ sections 8A and 17 of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 ”.
At the end of section 7(2) there shall be added the words “ or an obligation to make reparation in respect of personal injuries within the meaning of Part II of this Act or in respect of the death of any person as a result of such injuries. ”
In section 9—
in subsection (1) for the words “and 7” in both places where they occur there shall be substituted the words “ 7 and 8A ”;
in subsection (3) for the words “or 8” there shall be substituted the words “ 8 or 8A ”.
In section 10, for the words “and 7” wherever they occur there shall be substituted the words “ 7 and 8A ”.
In section 13, for the words “or 8” there shall be substituted the words “ 8 or 8A ”.
In section 14(1)(b) for the words “section 6(4)” there shall be substituted the words “ subsection (4) of section 6 of this Act including that subsection as applied by section 8A of this Act ”.
In section 15(1), in the definition of “prescriptive period” for the words “or 8” there shall be substituted the words “ 8 or 8A ”.
In section 19A—
in subsection (1) for the words “(as read with sections 18 and 19)” there shall be substituted the words “ or section 18 ”;
after subsection (3) there shall be added the following subsection—.
Chapter Short Title Extent of repeal 1973 c. 52. The Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973. In section 11(4) the words from “and in the” to the end. Sections 20 and 21. In section 25, in subsection (2) the words “Subject to subsection (3) below”, and subsection (3). In Part II of Schedule 4, the entry relating to the Limitation (Enemies and War Prisoners) Act 1945. 1980 c. 55. The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980. In section 23, paragraphs (b), (c) and (d).