Schedule 4

FOURTH SCHEDULESections 12(9) and 42Modifications to provisions of Limitation Act 19591. In the case of an action under section 6, subsection (1) of section 24 of the Limitation Act 1959 is replaced by the following subsection:“(1) If, on the date after which the period of limitation begins to run, the person to whom an action under section 6 of the Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act 2003 accrued was under a disability, the action may be brought at any time before the expiry of one year after the date when the person ceased to be under a disability or died, whichever event first occurred, even though the period of limitation has expired.”.

2. In the case of an action under section 8(6), subsection (1) of section 24 of the Limitation Act 1959 is replaced by the following subsection:“(1) If, on the date after which the period of limitation begins to run, the person to whom an action under section 8(6) of the Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act 2003 accrued was under a disability, the action may be brought at any time before the expiry of one year after the date when the person ceased to be under a disability or died, whichever event first occurred, even though the period of limitation has expired.”.

3. In the case of an action under any regulations made under section 11, subsection (1) of section 24 of the Limitation Act 1959 is replaced by the following subsection:“(1) If, on the date after which the period of limitation begins to run, the person to whom an action under any regulations made under section 11 of the Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act 2003 accrued was under a disability, the action may be brought at any time before the expiry of one year after the date when the person ceased to be under a disability or died, whichever event first occurred, even though the period of limitation has expired.”.

4. Sections 24A, 24B and 24C of the Limitation Act 1959 do not apply to actions under this Act.[25/2016]