Bill 248 — First Session, 22Nd Legislature, 38 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 248 An Act To Amend the Limitation of Actions Act (No. 3) (Legislature 22, Session 1)

L22 S1 2894

Alberta — Bills

1989 BILL First Session, 22nd Legislature, 38 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LIMITATION OF ACTIONS ACT (No. 3) MR. WRIGHT First Reading .... Second Reading . i^'AA^iifcw---•>•*•;•> ••••.*• r*!"'. Committee of the Wholei, Third Reading Royal Assent . •M»Kaf?kii>.^ikh*: Bill Mr. Wright BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LIMITATION OF ACTIONS ACT (No. 3) (Assented to ,1989) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as foUows: 1 The Limitation of Actions Act is amended by this Act. 2

Section is amended by adding the following at the end of it: unless the basis for the claim with respect to the earUer item was not known and could not widi reasonable dUigence have been known to to die plaintiff within the 6 years next before the commencement of the action. Explanatory Notes This BiU wiU amend c. L-15 of die Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980. 2

Section presently reads: 7 No claim that is in respect of an item in an account arui that arose more them 6 years before the commencement of the action is erforceable by action by reason only that some other claim that is in respect of another item in the same account arose within 6 years next before the commencement of the action. The addition will allow claims that arose more than 6 years ago to be litigated if connected to another item on the same accourU on which litigation has commenced within the 6-year lunit only if the earlier claim was not known and could not reasoruibly have been known to the claimant. Title: 1989 (22nd, 1st) Bill 248,

An Act to Amend the Limitation of Actions Act (No. 3)

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L22 S1 2894
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L22 S1 2894
Language	en
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