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Limitation of Actions Act 1958
27QNo long-stop limitation period for certain actions arising under Part III of the Wrongs Act 1958 58
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27Q No long-stop limitation period for certain actions arising under Part III of the Wrongs Act 1958 58
27QA Action may be brought on previously barred cause of action, certain other causes of action or previously settled cause of action 58
27QB Application to court to set aside previous judgments 59
27QC Court's powers—set aside previous judgments 60
27QD Application to court to set aside previously settled causes of action 60
27QE Court's powers—previously settled causes of action 61
27QF Recovery of amounts under previous judgment or previous settlement agreement which is set aside 62
27R Interaction with other powers of court 63
27S Transitional provision—Justice Legislation Amendment (Drug Court and Other Matters) Act 2020 63
27T Transitional provision—Justice Legislation Amendment (Vicarious Liability for Child Abuse) Act 2026 64
Part III—General 65
28 Application of Act to arbitrations 65
29 Applications for foreclosure under Transfer of Land Act 1958 66
30 Provisions as to set-off or counterclaim 67
31 Acquiescence 67
32 Application to the Crown 67
33 Saving 67
34 Abrogation of rule in Weldon v. Neal (1887) 19 Q.B.D. 394 68
35 Provisions as to actions already barred and pending actions 68
36 Supreme Court—limitation of jurisdiction 69
37 Supreme Court—limitation of jurisdiction 69
38 Supreme Court—limitation of jurisdiction 69
38A Supreme Court—limitation of jurisdiction 69
38B Supreme Court—limitation of jurisdiction 70
38C Regulations 70
39 Transitional 70
39A Transitional—2004 amending Act 70
39B Transitional—2023 amending Act 70
40 Saving 71
41 Transitional provision—State Taxation Further Amendment Act 2025 71
Schedule 72
Endnotes 73
1 General information 73
2 Table of Amendments 75
3 Explanatory details 80
**Version No.** **112**
**Limitation of Actions Act 1958**
**No. 6295 of 1958**
Version incorporating amendments as at
An Act to consolidate the Law relating to the Limitation of Time for commencing Actions and Arbitrations.
**BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows (that is to say):**
S. 1
amended by No. 57/1989
s. 3(Sch. item 118.1).