{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998/schedule-8A/paragraph-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998/schedule-8A/paragraph-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/41",
  "legislation_title": "Competition Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/8A/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Time limits for bringing competition proceedings",
  "text": "(1) Under the law of England and Wales and the law of Northern Ireland, proceedings in respect of a competition claim may not be brought before a court or the Tribunal after the end of the limitation period for the claim determined in accordance with this Part of this Schedule.\n(2) Under the law of Scotland—\n(a) proceedings in respect of a competition claim may not be brought before a court or the Tribunal after the end of the prescriptive period for the claim determined in accordance with this Part of this Schedule, and\n(b) accordingly, an obligation in respect of any loss or damage that is the subject of the claim is extinguished,\nexcept where the subsistence of the obligation in relation to which the claim is made was relevantly acknowledged before the end of that period.\n(3) Section 6 of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 (extinction of obligations by prescriptive periods of 5 years) does not apply in relation to an obligation described in sub-paragraph (2).\n(4) The following provisions of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 apply for the purposes of, or in relation to, sub-paragraph (2) as they apply for the purposes of, or in relation to, section 6 of that Act—\n(a) section 10 (relevant acknowledgment);\n(b) section 13 (prohibition of contracting out);\n(c) section 14(1)(c) and (d) (computation of prescriptive periods).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 8A inserted (9.3.2017) by The Claims in respect of Loss or Damage arising from Competition Infringements (Competition Act 1998 and Other Enactments (Amendment)) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/385), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 4 (with Sch. 1 para. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 8A para. 17(2)(b) substituted (1.1.2025) by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), s. 339(1), Sch. 3 para. 8(7); S.I. 2024/1226, regs. 1(2), 2(1)(9) (with Sch. para. 4, 20)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/41/schedule/8A/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:18.972999+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}