{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prescription-and-limitation-scotland-act-1973/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prescription-and-limitation-scotland-act-1973/schedule-1/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/52",
  "legislation_title": "Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prescription-and-limitation-scotland-act-1973",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Subject to paragraph 2 below, section 6 of this Act applies—\n(a) to any obligation to pay a sum of money due in respect of a particular period—\n(i) by way of interest;\n(ii) by way of an instalment of an annuity;\n(iii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(iv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(v) by way of rent or other periodical payment under a lease;\n(vi) by way of a periodical payment in respect of the occupancy or use of land, not being an obligation falling within any other provision of this sub-paragraph;\n(vii) by way of a periodical payment under a title condition, not being an obligation falling within any other provision of this sub-paragraph;\n(aa) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(aa) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(ab) to any obligation arising by virtue of a right—\n(i) of reversion under the third proviso to section 2 of the School Sites Act 1841 (4 & 5 Vict. c.38) (or of reversion under that proviso as applied by virtue of any other enactment);\n(ii) to petition for a declaration of forfeiture under section 7 of the Entail Sites Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c.48);\n(ac) to any obligation to pay a sum of money by way of costs to which section 12 of the Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 11) applies;\n(aca) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(ad) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(ae) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(af) to any obligation arising by virtue of rights of redress under Chapter 1 of Part 4 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024;\n(b) to any obligation based on redress of unjustified enrichment, including without prejudice to that generality any obligation of restitution, repetition or recompense;\n(ba) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) to any obligation arising fromnegotiorum gestio;\n(d) to any obligation to pay damages (whatever the source of the obligation);\n(da) to any obligation arising from delict, not being an obligation falling within any other provision of this paragraph;\n(dd) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(e) to any obligation under a bill of exchange or a promissory note;\n(f) to any obligation of accounting, other than accounting for trust funds;\n(fa) to any obligation relating to the validity of a contract, not being an obligation falling within any other provision of this paragraph;\n(fb) to any obligation to reimburse expenditure incurred in reliance on a representation about the existence of a contract;\n(g) to any obligation arising from, or by reason of any breach of, a contract or promise, not being an obligation falling within any other provision of this paragraph.\n(h) to any obligation to make a payment arising under an enactment (whenever passed or made), not being an obligation falling within any other provision of this paragraph.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1(a)(iii)(iv) repealed (28.11.2004) by Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 5), ss. 71, 77(2), Sch. 12 para. 33(5)(a), Sch. 13 Pt. 1 (with ss. 34, 58, 62, 75); S.S.I. 2003/456, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(a)(vii) substituted (28.11.2004) by Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 9), ss. 122(1), 129(2), Sch. 14 para. 5(3)(a) (with ss. 119, 121) (see S.S.I. 2003/456, art. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1(aa) repealed (28.2.2025) by Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 15), ss. 3(2)(a)(i), 17(2); S.S.I. 2022/78, reg. 2(1) (with regs. 1(2), 3(1), 4(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1(ab) inserted (4.4.2003 except for the insertion of Sch. 1 para. 1(ab)(ii), 28.11.2004 in so far as not already in force) by Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 9), ss. 88(a), 122(1), 129(2), 129(3) (with ss. 119, 121) (see S.S.I. 2003/456, art. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1(ac) inserted (28.11.2004) by Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 11), ss. 15(a), 34(2) (with s. 33); S.S.I. 2004/487, art. 2(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 1 paras. 1(aca)-(ae) repealed (28.2.2025) by Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 15), ss. 3(2)(a)(ii), 17(2); S.S.I. 2022/78, reg. 2(1) (with regs. 1(2), 3(1), 4(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1(af) substituted (6.4.2025) by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), s. 339(1), Sch. 21 para. 4 (with ss. 235, 243, 252); S.I. 2025/272, reg. 2(1)(12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1(ba) repealed (28.2.2025) by Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 15), ss. 16(1), 17(2); S.S.I. 2022/78, reg. 2(1) (with regs. 1(2), 3(1), 4(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1(d)(da) substituted for Sch. 1 para. 1(d) (28.2.2025) by Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 15), ss. 1(2), 17(2); S.S.I. 2022/78, reg. 2(1) (with regs. 1(2), 3(1), 4(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1(dd) repealed (28.2.2025) by Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 15), ss. 3(2)(a)(iii), 17(2); S.S.I. 2022/78, reg. 2(1) (with regs. 1(2), 3(1), 4(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1(fa)(fb) inserted (28.2.2025) by Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 15), ss. 2(2), 17(2); S.S.I. 2022/78, reg. 2(1) (with regs. 1(2), 3(1), 4(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1(h) inserted (28.2.2025) by Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 15), ss. 3(2)(b), 17(2); S.S.I. 2022/78, reg. 2(1) (with regs. 1(2), 3(1), 4(1))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:46:51.032439+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."
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