Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

LIMITATION ACT 1985 - SECT 18

If—

        (a)     a cause of action for the conversion or detention of goods accrues to a person; and

        (b)     afterwards, possession of the goods not having been recovered by him or her or by a person claiming through him or her, a further cause of action for the conversion or detention of the goods or a cause of action to recover the proceeds of sale of the goods accrues to him or her or to a person claiming through him or her;

an action on the further cause of action for conversion or detention or on the cause of action to recover the proceeds of sale is not maintainable if brought after the end of the limitation period applicable to the firstmentioned cause of action.