# Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991, Section 8: Transitional provision.


Where any person referred to in section 6(4)(b), 17(3), 18(3) or 18A(2) of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 as having been under legal disability by reason of nonage was of or over the age of 16 years but under the age of 18 years immediately before the commencement of this Act, any period prior to such commencement shall not be reckoned as, or as part of, the period of 5 years, or (as the case may be) 3 years, specified respectively in section 6, 17, 18 or 18A of that Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/50/section/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/age-of-legal-capacity-scotland-act-1991/section-8
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