{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/limitation-act-1980/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/limitation-act-1980/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/58",
  "legislation_title": "Limitation Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/limitation-act-1980",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Time limit for actions founded on simple contract.",
  "text": "An action founded on simple contract shall not be brought after the expiration of six years from the date on which the cause of action accrued.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 5 extended (11.11.1999 with effect as mentioned in s. 10(2)(3) of the amending Act) by 1999 c. 31, ss. 7(3), 10(2)(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/58/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:15:05.636571+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."
}