HC Deb 25 July 1988 vol 138 c83

'(1) An application for an order under section 190 (order for delivery up in civil proceedings) may not be made after the end of the period of six years from the date on which the illicit recording in question was made, subject to the following provisions.

(2) If during the whole of any part of period a person entitled to apply for an order—

  1. (a) is under a disability, or
  2. (b) is prevented by fraud or concealment from discovering the facts entitling him to apply,
an application may be made by him at any time before the end of the period of six years from the date on which he ceased to be under a disability or, as the case may be, could with reasonable diligence have discovered those facts.

(3) In subsection (2) "disability"—

  1. (a) in England and Wales, has the same meaning as in the Limitation Act 1980;
  2. (b) in Scotland, means legal disability within the meaning of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973;
  3. (c) in Northern Ireland, has the same meaning as in the Statute of Limitations (Northern Ireland) 1958.

(4) An order under section 194 (order for delivery up in criminal proceedings) shall not, in any case, be made after the end of the period of six years from the date on which the illicit recording in question was made.'.—[Mr. Butcher.]

Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill.

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