NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

                 CHOICE OF LAW (LIMITATION PERIODS) ACT 1994

                       AS IN FORCE AT 7 NOVEMBER 1994

                             Table of provisions



1     Short title      1

2     Commencement     1

3     Application      1

4     Definitions      1

5     Characterisation of limitation laws    1

6     Exercise of discretion under limitation law  2

ENDNOTES

                       northern territory of australia

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 This reprint shows the Act as in force at 7 November 1994.  Any amendments
               that commence after that date are not included.
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                 CHOICE OF LAW (LIMITATION PERIODS) ACT 1994


      AN ACT RELATING TO LIMITATION PERIODS FOR CHOICE OF LAW PURPOSES

1     Short title

         This Act may be cited as the Choice  of  Law  (Limitation  Periods)
         Act 1994.

2     Commencement

         This Act shall come into operation on a date to  be  fixed  by  the
         Administrator by notice in the Gazette.

3     Application

         This Act extends to  a  cause  of  action  that  arose  before  the
         commencement  of  this  Act  but  does  not  apply  to  proceedings
         instituted before that commencement.

4     Definitions

         In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

         court includes an arbitrator.

         limitation law means a law that  provides  for  the  limitation  or
         exclusion of any liability or the barring of a right of  action  in
         respect of a claim by reference to the time when a  proceeding  on,
         or the arbitration of, the claim is commenced.

5     Characterisation of limitation laws

         If the substantive law of another place being a  State  or  another
         Territory of the Commonwealth or New Zealand, is to govern a  claim
         before a court of the Territory, a limitation law of that place  is
         to be  regarded  as  part  of  that  substantive  law  and  applied
         accordingly by the court.

6     Exercise of discretion under limitation law

         Where a court of the Territory  exercises  a  discretion  conferred
         under a limitation  law  of  a  place  being  a  State  or  another
         Territory of the Commonwealth or New Zealand, that  discretion,  as
         far as practicable, is to be exercised in the manner in which it is
         exercised in comparable cases by the courts of that place.


                                  ENDNOTES


1     KEY
                            Key to abbreviations

amd = amended                     od = order
app = appendix                    om = omitted
bl = by-law                       pt = Part
ch = Chapter                            r = regulation/rule
cl = clause                       rem = remainder
div = Division                          renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired                   rep = repealed
f = forms                         s = section
Gaz = Gazette                           sch = Schedule
hdg = heading                           sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted                          SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title                         sub = substituted
nc = not commenced


2     LIST OF LEGISLATION

|Choice of Law (Limitations Periods) Act 1994 (Act No. 45, 1994)   |
|Assent date          |20 September 1994                           |
|Commenced            |7 November 1994 (Gaz G44, 2 November 1994, p|
|                     |5)                                          |