Limitation Act 1953

LIMITATION ACT 1953

AKTA HAD MASA 1953

Act 254 · consolidated to 1 Sep 2019 · 23 pp

Socio-economic rights

This copy of the Act is 7 years old. Any amendment made since 1 September 2019 is not in this text. Check the AGC record for later amendments.

Why it matters

What this does to artists

Six years for contract and tort. Unpaid invoices, unaccounted royalties and infringement claims all die on this clock, and arts disputes are slow to surface because the artist finds out late.

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Section 29 postpones time where the claim is concealed by fraud, which is the usual argument when royalties were never reported.

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What to read first

Section numbers read out of the AGC text itself

topicHad masa tindakan mengenai kontrak dan tort dan tindakan lain yang tertentu

topicHak tindakan terakru dalam hal penyewaan tertentu

topicPelanjutan tempoh had masa dalam hal ketidakupayaan

topicPenangguhan tempoh had masa dalam hal fraud atau kesilapan

In practice

Where this one bites

Scenario

Sign a management, label or agency deal

** `What you assign you do not get back. And the clause that looks like a life sentence is often weaker than i…

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Chase an unpaid fee or invoice

Being owed money is common, and it is fixable more often than people expect. Where you go to get it depends on…

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Someone used your work without asking

Before anything else, check that you own it. Most of these come apart on ownership rather than on the copying,…

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Who this reaches

Visual artsMusicFilm & TVPerforming artsLiterature, writing & publishingFashion & craftDigital & mediaMuseum & archivingContent creationEverything else

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