Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Limitation of Actions Act 1958 - SECT 27N

Transitional

27N. Transitional



(1) This Part applies to causes of action where the act or omission alleged to
have resulted in the death or personal injury with which the action is
concerned occurs on or after 21 May 2003.

(2) On and from 1 October 2003, this Part applies to causes of action where
the act or omission alleged to have resulted in the death or personal injury
with which the action is concerned occurred before 21 May 2003.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a cause of action for which proceedings
were commenced in a court before 1 October 2003.

(4) Despite subsection (2), nothing in Division 2 operates to extend a period
of limitation applicable to a cause of action in relation to an act or
omission that occurred before 21 May 2003 to a period longer than the period
of limitation that would have applied to the cause of action if this Part had
not been enacted.

(5) Nothing in subsection (4) operates to prevent an application being made
under Division 3 to extend a period of limitation referred to in that
subsection.

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