Schedule 8A, Part 5, paragraph 17

Under the law of England and Wales and the law of Northern Ireland, proceedings in respect of a competition claim may not be brought before a court or the Tribunal after the end of the limitation period for the claim determined in accordance with this Part of this Schedule. Under the law of Scotland— except where the subsistence of the obligation in relation to which the claim is made was relevantly acknowledged before the end of that period. proceedings in respect of a competition claim may not be brought before a court or the Tribunal after the end of the prescriptive period for the claim determined in accordance with this Part of this Schedule, and accordingly, an obligation in respect of any loss or damage that is the subject of the claim is extinguished, Section 6 of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 (extinction of obligations by prescriptive periods of 5 years) does not apply in relation to an obligation described in sub-paragraph (2). The following provisions of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 apply for the purposes of, or in relation to, sub-paragraph (2) as they apply for the purposes of, or in relation to, section 6 of that Act— section 10 (relevant acknowledgment); section 13 (prohibition of contracting out); section 14(1)(c) and (d) (computation of prescriptive periods).

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