# Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973, Paragraph 1

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Subject to paragraph 2 below, section 6 of this Act applies—
(a) to any obligation to pay a sum of money due in respect of a particular period—
(i) by way of interest;
(ii) by way of an instalment of an annuity;
(iii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(iv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(v) by way of rent or other periodical payment under a lease;
(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;
(vii) by way of a periodical payment under a title condition, not being an obligation falling within any other provision of this sub-paragraph;
(aa) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(aa) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(ab) to any obligation arising by virtue of a right—
(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);
(ii) to petition for a declaration of forfeiture under section 7 of the Entail Sites Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c.48);
(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;
(aca) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(ad) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(ae) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(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;
(b) to any obligation based on redress of unjustified enrichment, including without prejudice to that generality any obligation of restitution, repetition or recompense;
(ba) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) to any obligation arising fromnegotiorum gestio;
(d) to any obligation to pay damages (whatever the source of the obligation);
(da) to any obligation arising from delict, not being an obligation falling within any other provision of this paragraph;
(dd) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e) to any obligation under a bill of exchange or a promissory note;
(f) to any obligation of accounting, other than accounting for trust funds;
(fa) to any obligation relating to the validity of a contract, not being an obligation falling within any other provision of this paragraph;
(fb) to any obligation to reimburse expenditure incurred in reliance on a representation about the existence of a contract;
(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.
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/52/schedule/1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prescription-and-limitation-scotland-act-1973/schedule-1/paragraph-1
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