Bill 241 — Second Session, 22Nd Legislature, 39 Euzabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 241 An Act To Amend the Limitation of Actions Act (Legislature 22, Session 2)

L22 S2 2771

Alberta — Bills

1990 BILL Second Session, 22nd Legislature, 39 EUzabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LIMITATION OF ACTIONS ACT MR. WRIGHT First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Bill Mr. Wright BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LIMITATION OF ACTIONS ACT (Assented to , 1990) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 Tlie Limitation of Actions Act is amended by this Act

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

Section presently reads: 7 No claim that is in respect of an item in an account and that arose more than 6years befoiv the commencement of the action is enfoiveable by action by reason only that some other claim that is in respect of another item in the same account arose withi/i 6 years next bcforv the commencement of the action. The addition will allow claims that arose moiv than 6 years ago to be litigated if connected to another item on the same account on which litigation has commenced within the 6-year limit only if the eariier claim was not known and could not reasonably have been known to the claimant. Title: 1990 (22nd 2nd) Bill 241,

An Act to Amend the Limitation of Actions Act

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