1994 Legislative Session: 3rd Session, 35th Parliament
THIRD READING


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Certified correct as passed Third Reading on the 17th day of May, 1994
Ian D. Izard, Law Clerk.


HONOURABLE COLIN GABELMANN
ATTORNEY GENERAL

BILL 9 -- 1994

LIMITATION AMENDMENT ACT, 1994

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

1 Section 3 (3) (k) of the Limitation Act, R.S.B.C. 1979, c. 236, is repealed and the following substituted:

(k) for a cause of action based on misconduct of a sexual nature, including, without limitation, sexual assault,

(i) where the misconduct occurred while the person was a minor, and

(ii) whether or not the person's right to bring the action was at any time governed by a limitation period;

(l) for a cause of action based on sexual assault, whether or not the person's right to bring the action was at any time governed by a limitation period.

2 Section 8 is repealed and the following substituted:

Ultimate limitation

8 (1) Subject to section 3 (3) and subsection (1.1) of this section but notwithstanding a confirmation made under section 5, a postponement or suspension of the running of time under section 6 or 11 (2) or a postponement or suspension of the running of time under section 7 in respect of a person who is not a minor, no action to which this Act applies shall be brought

(a) against a hospital, as defined in section 1 of the Hospital Act, or against a hospital employee acting in the course of employment as a hospital employee, based on negligence, after the expiration of 6 years from the date on which the right to do so arose,

(b) against a medical practitioner, based on professional negligence or malpractice, after the expiration of 6 years from the date on which the right to do so arose, or

(c) in any other case, after the expiration of 30 years from the date on which the right to do so arose.

(1.1) Subject to section 7 (6), the running of time with respect to the limitation periods fixed by subsection (1) for an action referred to in subsection (1) is postponed and time does not commence to run against a plaintiff until the plaintiff reaches the age of majority.

(2) Subject to subsection (1), the effect of sections 6 and 7 and subsection (1.1) of this section is cumulative.

3 Sections 13 (2) and 14 (6) are amended by striking out "section 3 (3) (k) (i)" and substituting "section 3 (3) (k) or (l)".

Deferred expiry of limitation period

4 No action that is brought on or before December 31, 1995 for damages caused by the injection of silicone into a human body or the insertion into a human body of saline filled implants or implants consisting of silicone, silicone gel or polyurethane or elastometer made of silicone shall be barred under the Limitation Act.

Transitional

5 A right to bring an action that was barred under section 8 of the Limitation Act as it read before the coming into force of section 2 of this Act is revived if

(a) the act or omission that gave rise to the right to bring the action occurred after June 30, 1975, and

(b) the right to bring the action is not barred under section 8 of the Limitation Act as amended by section 2 of this Act.

Commencement

6 Section 2 is deemed to have come into force on July 1, 1975 and is retroactive to the extent necessary to give it effect on and after that date.


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