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Customer and Product Data Bill

Regulatory and enforcement matters - Civil liability - Rules of procedure

87: Limit on proceedings

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“You have a limited time to start a legal case about data problems”

This part of the new law will set rules about when you can start a legal case about problems with customer and product data. You will have three years to start a case after you find out about the problem, or after you should have found out about it. But you can’t start a case if it’s been more than ten years since the problem happened. This is to make sure that cases are started within a fair time frame.

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

87Limit 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.