Section 10B — Special time limit for actions relating to construction products
This version in force from 2022-06-28
Snapshot: 2026-08-24
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(1) [F1 An action under section 148 of the Building Safety Act 2022 shall not be brought after the expiration of 15 years from the date on which the right of action accrued.]
(2) [F1 An action under section 149 of the Building Safety Act 2022 shall not be brought after—]
(a) [F1 if the right of action accrued before the commencement date, the expiration of the period of 30 years from the date on which it accrued, and]
(b) [F1 if the right of action accrued on or after the commencement date, the expiration of the period of 15 years beginning with the date on which it accrued.]
(3) [F1 In a case where—]
(a) [F1 a right of action under section 149 of the Building Safety Act 2022 accrued before the commencement date, and]
(b) [F1 the expiration of the period of 30 years beginning with the date on which the right of action accrued falls in the year beginning with the commencement date,]
[F1 subsection (2)(a) has effect as if it referred to the expiration of that year.]
(4) [F1 In subsections (2) and (3) “the commencement date” is the day on which section 149 of the Building Safety Act 2022 came into force.]
(5) [F1 No other period of limitation prescribed by Part 1 of this Act applies in relation to an action referred to in subsections (1) and (2).]
(6) [F1 Sections 28, 32 and 35 of this Act apply in relation to an action referred to subsections (1) and (2), but otherwise Parts 2 and 3 of this Act (except sections 37 and 38) do not apply for the purposes of this section.]
Amendment notes
- F1 S. 10B inserted (28.6.2022) by Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), ss. 150, 170(3)