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Sch 2 s 143Time for commencing defective goods actions
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143 Time for commencing defective goods actions
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person may commence a defective goods action at any time within 3 years after the time the person became aware, or ought reasonably to have become aware, of all of the following:
(a) the alleged loss or damage;
(b) the safety defect of the goods;
(c) the identity of the person who manufactured the goods.
(2) A defective goods action must be commenced within 10 years of the supply by the manufacturer of the goods to which the action relates.