Queensland Consolidated Acts

LIMITATION OF ACTIONS ACT 1974 - SECT 8

8 Provisions as to actions already barred and pending actions

(1) Save as is provided in sections 31 and 32 , nothing in this Act—

(a) enables an action to be brought that was barred before the commencement of this Act by an enactment repealed by this Act, save so far as the cause of action or right of action may be revived by an acknowledgment or part payment made in accordance with this Act; or

(b) affects an action or arbitration commenced before the commencement of this Act or the title to property that is the subject of such an action or arbitration.

(2) The time for bringing proceedings in respect of a cause of action that arose before the commencement of this Act shall, if it has not then expired, expire at the time when it would have expired—

(a) apart from this Act; or

(b) if this Act had at all material times been in force;

whichever is the later.

(3) Save as is provided in this section, nothing in this Act affects an action if the cause of action upon which that action is founded arose before the commencement of this Act.