Section 151: Liability relating to construction products: limitation in Scotland

Building Safety Act 2022 · 2022 c. 30View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 5: Other provision about safety, standards etc

The Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 is amended as follows.

After section 18ZC insert—

In section 7(2) (extinction of obligations by prescriptive periods of twenty years), at the end insert "or any obligation to pay damages arising from liability under section 148 or section 149 of the Building Safety Act 2022 (see section 18ZD of this Act)."

In section 19CA(1) (interruption of limitation period: arbitration), after "18ZC(2)" insert .", 18ZD(1) or (2)"

In Schedule 1, in paragraph 2 (exceptions from the 5 year prescriptive period under section 6), after paragraph (ga) insert—

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