Schedule 17, Part 2, paragraph 4

Proceedings on a claim may not be brought after the end of the period of 6 months starting with the date when the conduct complained of occurred. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . If, in relation to proceedings or prospective proceedings on a claim under paragraph 3 or 3A, the dispute is referred for resolution in pursuance of arrangements under paragraph 6C ... before the end of the period of 6 months mentioned in sub-paragraph (1), that period is extended by 3 months. The Tribunal may consider a claim which is out of time. Sub-paragraph (3) does not apply if the Tribunal has previously decided under that sub-paragraph not to consider a claim. For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)— if the contravention is attributable to a term in a contract, the conduct is to be treated as extending throughout the duration of the contract; conduct extending over a period is to be treated as occurring at the end of the period; failure to do something is to be treated as occurring when the person in question decided on it. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, a person (P) is to be taken to decide on failure to do something— when P acts inconsistently with doing it, or if P does not act inconsistently, on the expiry of the period in which P might reasonably have been expected to do it.

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