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Limitation Amendment Act 1980

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 22 Cited in Amendments 33 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1980 c. 24
  • After section 21 of the Administration of Estates Act 1925
    • his debt shall thereupon be extinguished ; buthe shall be accountable for the amount of the debt as part of the creditor’s estate in any case where he would be so accountable if he had been appointed as an executor by the creditor’s will.Subsection (1) of this section does not apply where the debtor’s authority to act as executor or administrator is limited to part only of the creditor’s estate which does not include the debt ; and a debtor whose debt is extinguished by virtue of paragraph (a) shall not be accountable for its amount by virtue of paragraph (b) of that subsection in any case where the debt was barred by the Limitation Act 1939 before he became the creditor’s executor or administrator.In this section “debt” includes any liability, and “debtor” and “creditor” shall be construed accordingly.(1) This Act may be cited as the Limitation Amendment Act 1980.(2)

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