An obligation arising from liability under section 2 of the 1987 Act (to make reparation for damage caused wholly or partly by a defect in a product) shall be extinguished if a period of 10 years has expired from the relevant time, unless a relevant claim was made within that period and has not been finally disposed of, and no such obligation shall come into existence after the expiration of the said period.
If, at the expiration of the period of 10 years mentioned in subsection (1) above, a relevant claim has been made but has not been finally disposed of, the obligation to which the claim relates shall be extinguished when the claim is finally disposed of.
In this section—
(a) a decision disposing of the claim has been made against which no appeal is competent;
(b) an appeal against such a decision is competent with leave, and the time limit for leave has expired and no application has been made or leave has been refused;
(c) leave to appeal against such a decision is granted or is not required, and no appeal is made within the time limit for appeal; or
(d) the claim is abandoned;
Where a relevant claim is made in an arbitration, the date when the arbitration begins (within the meaning of section 4(4) of this Act) shall be taken for those purposes to be the date of the making of the claim.
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Section 13A of this Act applies in relation to an obligation to which the prescriptive period under this section applies as it applies in relation to the obligations and rights referred to in subsection (1) of that section.
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