# Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018, Section 8: Start point of prescriptive period for obligations to pay damages


In section 11 (obligations to make reparation) of the 1973 Act, for subsection (4) substitute—
“(4) For the purposes of section 7 of this Act, any obligation referred to in subsection (1) of this section is to be regarded as having become enforceable on—
(a) the date on which the act or omission occurred (or the last such date, where there was more than one act or omission), or
(b) where the act or omission was a continuing one, the date on which it ceased.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2018/15/section/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prescription-scotland-act-2018/section-8
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