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Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Regulatory and enforcement matters - Civil liability - Rules of procedure

85: Limit on proceedings

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“There's a time limit for taking someone to court if they break these rules”

You have three years to start a legal action after you find out about someone breaking the rules in this part of the law. This also applies if you should have known about the rule-breaking. But there’s a catch - you can’t start any legal action if it’s been more than ten years since the rule-breaking happened. This is true even if you only just found out about it. These time limits are there to make sure legal actions happen within a reasonable time after the events.

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Part 4 Regulatory and enforcement matters
Civil liability: Rules of procedure

85Limit on proceedings

  1. A proceeding under this subpart may be commenced within 3 years after the conduct giving rise to the contravention, attempted contravention, or involvement in the contravention was discovered or ought reasonably to have been discovered.

  2. However, no proceeding under this subpart may be commenced 10 years or more after the conduct giving rise to the contravention, attempted contravention, or involvement in the contravention occurred.