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LIMITATION ACT 2005 - SECT 89

89 .         Terms used

                In this Division —

        child sexual abuse has the meaning given in section 6A(1);

        child sexual abuse action has the meaning given in section 6A(1);

        child sexual abuse cause of action has the meaning given in section 6A(1);

        commencement day means the day on which the Civil Liability Legislation Amendment (Child Sexual Abuse Actions) Act 2018 section 12 comes into operation;

        previously barred cause of action means a child sexual abuse cause of action that was statute barred immediately before commencement day;

        previously settled cause of action means a child sexual abuse cause of action that was settled after it was statute barred but before commencement day;

        statute barred , in relation to a child sexual abuse cause of action, means that action on the cause of action cannot be maintained —

            (a)         under one of the provisions referred to in section 6A(3); or

            (b)         because a limitation period applicable to the action under this or any other Act has expired.

        [Section 89 inserted: No. 3 of 2018 s. 12.]



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