Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

LIMITATION ACT 1985 - SECT 16B

    (1)     This section applies to a cause of action for damages for personal injury other than a cause of action to which section 16, section 16A or section 16AA applies.

    (2)     The cause of action is not maintainable if brought—

        (a)     if the injury is or includes a disease or disorder—3 years or more after the day the person injured first knows—

              (i)     that the person has suffered an injury that is or includes a disease or disorder; and

              (ii)     that the injury is related to someone else's act or omission; or

        (b)     in any other case—3 years or more after the day the injury happened.