Limitation of Actions Act 1958

Pt 2A (Heading and ss 27A–27N) inserted by No. 60/2003 s. 14.

S. 27A inserted by No. 60/2003 s. 14.

S. 27A(1) def. of guardian amended by Nos 48/2006 s. 42(Sch. item 21), 61/2014 s. 168.

guardian of a minor includes any person on whom parental responsibility for the minor is conferred under the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 or any other Act or law;

long-stop limitation period, in relation to a cause of action for damages that relate to death or personal injury, means the period of 12 years from the date of the act or omission alleged to have resulted in the death or personal injury with which the action is concerned;

parent includes any person who has all the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority (whether conferred by a court or otherwise) which, by law, parents have in relation to children;

survivor action means a cause of action that survives for the benefit of the estate of a deceased person under section 29(1) of the Administration and Probate Act 1958 but does not include a cause of action to which section 29(2A) of that Act applies.

S. 27A(2) amended by Nos 72/2010 s. 48(Sch. item 15(1)), 21/2012 s. 239(Sch. 6 item 25.1).