Bill 341 — Fourth Session, 22Nd Legislature, 41 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 341 Limitation of Actions Amendment Act, 1993 (Legislature 22, Session 4)

L22 S4 2522

Alberta — Bills

1993 BILL Fourth Session, 22nd Legislature, 41 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL LIMITATION OF ACTIONS AMENDMENT ACT, 1993 MR. DICKSON First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Title: 1992 (22nd, 4th) Bill 341, Limitation of Actions Amendment Act, 1993 Bill Mr. Dickson BILL LIMITATION OF ACTIONS AMENDMENT ACT (Assented to , 1993) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 The Limitation of Actions Act is amended by this Act. 2

Section 51(

b) is amended by adding "including economic loss arising from the injury" after "person,". 3

Section is amended by renumbering it as section 51(1) and by adding the following after subsection (1):

(2) A person is not governed by a limitation period and may at any time bring an action in tort or for negligence (

i) where the cause of action is based on conduct of a sexual nature, (ii) where the conduct occurred while the person was still a minor, and (iii) whether or not the person’s right to bring the action was at any time governed by a limitation period. 4 This Act comes into force on Proclamation. 1 Explanatory Notes This Bill will amend

chapter L-15 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980. 2 The amendments will permit an action with respect to damages for sexual abuse of a minor to be brought at any time. 1 Title: 1992 (22nd, 4th) Bill 341, Limitation of Actions Amendment Act, 1993

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