Section 33 of the Limitation Act 1985 (ACT) operates by statutory suspension of the limitation period where identity is deliberately concealed, not by judicial extension; it may be relied on by way of reply to a limitation defence and does not require a prior court application. Limitation provisions such as s 21B do not extinguish causes of action but merely bar remedies, so a court registry cannot refuse to accept a claim on the basis that a limitation period appears to have expired.
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