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Limitation of Actions Act 1958
35Provisions as to actions already barred and pending actions
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35 Provisions as to actions already barred and pending actions
(1) Nothing in this Act shall—
(a) enable any action to be brought which was barred before the commencement of the **Limitation of Actions Act 1955** by an enactment repealed or amended by that Act, except in so far as the cause of action or right of action may be revived by acknowledgment or part payment made in accordance with the provisions of this Act; or
(b) affect any action arbitration or application commenced before the commencement of that Act or the title to any property which is the subject of any such action arbitration or application.
S. 35(2) inserted by No. 30/2019 s. 33, amended by No. 43/2020 s. 46.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an action to which sections 27QA to 27QF, as inserted by the **Children Legislation Amendment Act 2019** and as amended by the **Justice Legislation Amendment (Drug Court and Other Matters) Act 2020**, apply.
S. 36
inserted by No. 102/1993 s. 5.