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Reprint as at 1 January 2011
| Public Act | 1950 No 65 |
| Date of assent | 1 December 1950 |
Limitation Act 1950: repealed, on 1 January 2011, by section 57 of the Limitation Act 2010 (2010 No 110).
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.
This Act is administered in the Ministry of Justice.
1 Short Title and commencement
2A Act continues to apply despite its repeal to actions based on acts or omissions before 1 January 2011
Part 1
Periods of limitation for different classes of action
3 Part 1 to be subject to provisions of Part 2 relating to disability, acknowledgment, fraud, etc
Actions of contract and tort and certain other actions
4 Limitation of actions of contract and tort, and certain other actions
5 Limitation in case of successive conversions, and extinction of title of owner of converted goods
Actions to recover land and rent, and accrual of rights and causes of action
6 Application of Act to land of the Crown, Maori customary land, and land subject to the Land Transfer Act
7 Limitation of actions to recover land
7A Limitation of actions in relation to Maori customary land
8 Accrual of right of action in case of present interests in land
9 Accrual of right of action in case of future interests
10 Provisions in case of settled land and land held on trust
11 Accrual of right of action in case of forfeiture or breach of condition
12 Accrual of right of action in case of certain tenancies
13 Right of action not to accrue or continue unless there is adverse possession
14 Accrual of cause of action on claim for contribution or indemnity
15 Cure of defective disentailing assurance
16 Limitation of redemption actions
17 No right of action to be preserved by formal entry or continual claim
18 Extinction of title after expiration of period
19 Limitation of actions to recover rent
Actions to recover money secured by a mortgage or charge or to recover proceeds of the sale of land
20 Limitation of actions to recover money secured by a mortgage or charge or to recover proceeds of the sale of land
Actions in respect of trust property or the personal estate of deceased persons
21 Limitation of actions in respect of trust property
22 Limitation of actions claiming personal estate of a deceased person
23 Protection of persons acting in execution of statutory or other public duty [Repealed]
23A Actions to which longstop period of limitation applies
23B Longstop period of limitation
23C Discretion to allow relief for action of abuse of infant or of gradual process, disease, or infection injury
23D Matters to be taken into account under section 23C
Part 2
Extension of limitation periods in case of disability, acknowledgment, part payment, fraud, and mistake
24 Extension of limitation period in case of disability
Acknowledgment and part payment
25 Fresh accrual of action on acknowledgment or part payment
26 Formal provisions as to acknowledgments and part payments
27 Effect of acknowledgment or part payment on persons other than the maker or recipient
28 Postponement of limitation period in case of fraud or mistake
Part 2A
Application of limitation law of overseas countries
28B Application of this Part of this Act
28C Characterisation of limitation law
29 Application of Act and other limitation enactments to arbitrations
30 Provisions as to set-off or counterclaim
33 Savings for other limitation enactments
34 Provisions as to actions already barred and pending actions
Schedule 1
United Kingdom enactments ceasing to have effect in New Zealand
An Act to consolidate and amend certain enactments relating to the limitation of actions and arbitrations
