Queensland Consolidated Acts

LIMITATION OF ACTIONS ACT 1974 - SECT 43A

43A Characterisation of limitation laws

(1) In this section—

"limitation law" means a law (including, but not limited to, this Act) that provides for the limitation or exclusion of any liability or the barring of a right of action for a claim by reference to the time when a proceeding on, or the arbitration of, the claim is started.

(2) A limitation law of the State is to be regarded as part of the substantive law of the State.

(3) This section applies to a cause of action that arose before the commencement of this section but does not apply to a proceeding started before the commencement.