Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Act, 2000

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Number 13 of 2000


STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2000


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Short title, construction and collective citation.

2.

Amendment of Statute of Limitations, 1957.

3.

Saver in relation to court's power to dismiss on ground of delay.


Acts Referred to

Age of Majority Act, 1985

1985, No. 2

Statute of Limitations, 1957

1957, No. 6

Statutes of Limitation, 1957 and 1991

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Number 13 of 2000


STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2000


AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN PERSONS SHALL BE UNDER A DISABILITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF BRINGING ACTIONS RELATING TO ACTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE COMMITTED AGAINST THEM PRIOR TO THEIR REACHING FULL AGE, FOR THAT PURPOSE TO AMEND THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS, 1957, AND TO PROVIDE FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH.

[21st June, 2000]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: