{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998/schedule-8A/paragraph-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998/schedule-8A/paragraph-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/41",
  "legislation_title": "Competition Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/8A/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Length of limitation or prescriptive period",
  "text": "(1) The limitation period is 6 years.\n(2) The prescriptive period is 5 years.\n(3) But see—\n(a) the provision in paragraphs 20 to 25 for the running of the period to be suspended in certain circumstances, and\n(b) paragraph 23(5), which extends the period in certain circumstances.",
  "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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/41/schedule/8A/paragraph/18",
    "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."
}