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Statute of Limitations 1957
No. 6 of 1957
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Whole Act | 1 January 1959 | Commenced as per s.1(2) |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision |
|---|---|
| Appl. | 16/1964, s. 49(1) |
| 27/2004, ss. 1(2), 84(7) | |
| Appl. with exceptions. | 28/1991, ss. 7(4), (5)(a) (b) (c), 14(2) |
| Appl. with provn. for time to stop in cert. circs. | 46/2003, ss. 2, 50 |
| Application restricted | 26/2023, ss. 1, 97, 120(3) |
| Meaning of "trustee" in. | 27/1965, s. 124 |
| Official Assignee not to be trustee for purps. of. | 27/1988, ss. 2, 133 |
| Provn. for purps. of rights under. | 11/1976, ss. 2, 22(7) |
| Reckoning under | 44/2012, ss. 1(2), 45(3)(a), 62(7), 79(8), 96(7), 116(8) |
| S.I. No. 209 of 2011, regs. 1(2), 6(1) | |
| S.I. No. 525 of 2008, regs. 1(2), 8(2)-(4) | |
| Restricted | S.I. No. 547 of 2008, regs. 1(2), 19 |
| Rights under Statutes of Limitations not affected | 6/2018, ss. 1(2), 32 |
| Saver for the application to a freehold covenant of the Act | 27/2009, ss. 2, 49(6)(ii) |
| Saving provn. | 21/1981, ss. 16(1), 18 |
| S. 2(1) am. | 27/2009, ss. 2, 8(1), sch. 1 |
| S. 2(2)(c) rep., new provn. | 16/1964, ss. 5, 122, sch. |
| S. 2(2)(d) rep., new provn. | 27/1965, ss. 8, 9, 123, sch. 2, pt. 4 |
| Ss. 2(3) rep. | 41/1961, s. 5, sch., pt. 5 |
| S. 7, applic. rstrct. | 13/1990, ss. 3(1), 9(2) |
| S. 11(1)(f) inserted | S.I. No. 188 of 2018, regs. 1(2), 9 |
| S. 11(2)(a) am. | 18/1991, s. 3(2) |
| S. 11(2)(a) (b) appl. | 11/1985, ss. 3, 9 |
| 32/1986, ss. 21(4)(b), 37(2) | |
| S. 11(2)(b) del. | 18/1991, s. 3(2) |
| S. 11(2)(c) substit. | 31/2009, ss. 1(2), 38(1)(a) |
| S. 11(2)(d) ins. | 16/1980, ss. 1(2), 13(8)(I) |
| S. 11(2)(d) rstrct. | 18/1991, s. 3 (3) |
| S. 11(1)(e)(iii) rep. | 41/1961, s. 5, sch., pt. 5 |
| S. 11 (3) rep. | 41/1961, s. 5, sch., pt. 5 |
| S. 11(3A) subsec. ins. | 31/2009, ss. 1(2), 38(1)(b) |
| S. 11(3B) subsec. ins. | 31/2009, ss. 1(2), 38(1)(b) |
| S. 11(7) appl. | 19/1966, s. 11(10) |
| S. 11(7) non-appl. of. | 1/2005, s. 10 |
| S. 11A inserted | S.I. No. 43 of 2017, regs. 1(2), 9 |
| S. 12(2) appl. | 28/2000, ss. 1(2), 134(2) |
| Ss. 21 (in pt.), 22 rep. with savings. | 27/1965, ss. 8, 9, sch. 2, pt. 4 |
| S. 24 (in pt.) rep. | 16/1964, s. 5, sch. |
| S. 24 am. | 16/1964, s. 49(4) |
| S. 25(4) am. | 27/2009, ss. 2, 8(1), sch. 1 |
| S. 32(3) subsec. ins. | 27/2009, ss. 2, 119 |
| S. 34 application restricted | 27/2009, ss. 2, 99(2) |
| S. 36 rstrct. | 24/2019, ss. 14(2), 28(5) |
| 52/2012, ss. 1(2), 124 | |
| S. 45, rep., new s. | 27/1965, ss. 8, 9, 126, sch. 2, pt. 4 |
| S. 45(1) am. | 24/2010, ss. 1(2), 89 |
| S. 46 rep. with savings. | 27/1965, ss. 8, 9, sch. 2, pt. 4 |
| Part 3 (ss. 47-72) appl. | 13/1990, ss. 3(1), 9(2) |
| Part 3 (ss. 47-72) saved | 10/1986, s. 3(2) |
| S. 48 (1), saving for bringing of cert. proceedings | 2/1985, ss. 2, 7(1), 9, sch., par. 6 |
| S. 48(1)(b) (in pt.) rep. | 14/1997, ss. 1, 16, sch. 3 |
| S. 48(1)(c) rep. | 14/1997, ss. 1, 16, sch. 3 |
| S. 48A, s. ins. | 13/2000, s. 2 |
| S. 48(A), appl. rstrct. | 13/2000, s. 3 |
| S. 49 am. | 27/1965, s. 127 |
| S. 49(1), appl. with am. | 9/1981, ss. 1(2), 23(3) |
| S. 49(1)(a) rstrct. | 18/1991, s. 5(1) (2) |
| S. 49(2) rep. | 18/1991, s. 5(4) |
| S. 49(2)(a)(ii)* | |
| S. 49(3) substit. | 31/2009, ss. 1(2), 38(2) |
| S. 49(4)(a) rep. | 17/1964, s. 6, sch. |
| S. 49(5) ins. | 16/1980, ss. 1(2), 13(8)(II) |
| S. 49(5) rstrct. | 18/1991, s. 5(3) |
| S. 60 am. | 31/1999, ss. 160, 163, sch. 4 |
| S. 74 substit. | 1/2010, ss. 1(2), 7(2) |
| S. 77 am. | 1/2010, ss. 1(2), 29(2) & sch. 6 |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| None |