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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/limitation-act-1980/schedule-2/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/58",
  "legislation_title": "Limitation Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/limitation-act-1980",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Notwithstanding anything in section 29(7) of this Act or in the repeals made by this Act, the Limitation Act 1939 shall continue to have effect in relation to any acknowledgment or payment made before the coming into force of section 6 of the Limitation Amendment Act 1980 (which amended section 23 of the Limitation Act 1939 and made certain repeals in sections 23 and 25 of that Act so as to prevent the revival by acknowledgment or part payment of a right of action barred by that Act) as it had effect immediately before section 6 came into force.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1939 c. 21"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1980 c. 24(79)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/58/schedule/2/paragraph/5",
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  },
  "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."
}