Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

LIMITATION ACT - SECT 9

(1) Except as provided in section 24 and in Division 2 of Part III, nothing in this Act -

(a) enables a person to bring an action that was barred before the commencement of this Act by an enactment repealed or amended by this Act, except so far as the cause or right of action may be revived by confirmation in accordance with this Act; or

(b) affects an action or arbitration commenced before the commencement of this Act or the title to property that is the subject of that action.

(2) The time for bringing proceedings in respect of a cause of action that arose before the commencement of this Act shall, if it has not then expired, expire at the time it would have expired -

(a) had this Act not come into operation; or

(b) had this Act at all material times been in operation,

whichever is the later.

(3) Except as provided in this section, nothing in this Act affects an action if the cause of action upon which that action is founded arose before the commencement of this Act.