Section 10A: Special time limit for actions by insurers etc in respect of automated vehicles.

Limitation Act 1980 · 1980 c.58

Part I: Ordinary Time Limits for Different Classes of Action

10A(1)

Where by virtue of section 5 of the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 an insurer or vehicle owner becomes entitled to bring an action against any person, the action shall not be brought after the expiration of two years from the date on which the right of action accrued (under subsection (5) of that section).

10A(2)

An action referred to in subsection (1) shall be one to which sections 32, 33A and 35 of this Act apply, but otherwise Parts 2 and 3 of this Act (except sections 37 and 38) shall not apply for the purposes of this section.

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