Australia · Victoria and ACT limitations
Which period and facts govern ACT workers compensation damages limitation?
The action is not maintainable if brought three or more years after the injury day under section 16A(2). This is not a statutory compensation claim; section 16A(1) requires the compensable-injury and hypothetical notice eligibility facts.
- Period
- The action is not maintainable if brought three or more years after the injury day under section 16A(2)
- Trigger
- The day the injury happened
- Rule
- Limitation Act 1985 (ACT) section 16A
This workers compensation damages limitation review uses official current Limitation Act republication R28, effective November 26, 2025. Limitation Act 1985 (ACT) section 16A controls the stated branch. This is not a statutory compensation claim; section 16A(1) requires the compensable-injury and hypothetical notice eligibility facts. The retained Legislation Act republication R126 is effective February 23, 2026; its determinative-provision rules and actual source facts remain relevant.
Source guide · No automated date
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Limitation Act 1985 (ACT) section 16A. The action is not maintainable if brought three or more years after the injury day under section 16A(2). This is not a statutory compensation claim; section 16A(1) requires the compensable-injury and hypothetical notice eligibility facts. Establish the actual statutory event, eligibility and completion facts before relying on a filing endpoint. This interim source guide provides no computed or paid date.
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Which period and facts govern ACT workers compensation damages limitation?
The action is not maintainable if brought three or more years after the injury day under section 16A(2). This is not a statutory compensation claim; section 16A(1) requires the compensable-injury and hypothetical notice eligibility facts.
Responsible actor. The claimant asserting the specified common-law compensable-injury cause of action.
The day the injury happened
This is not a statutory compensation claim; section 16A(1) requires the compensable-injury and hypothetical notice eligibility facts.
The claimant asserting the specified common-law compensable-injury cause of action. The action is not maintainable if brought three or more years after the injury day under section 16A(2). This is not a statutory compensation claim; section 16A(1) requires the compensable-injury and hypothetical notice eligibility facts.
Limitation Act 1985 (ACT) section 16AHow does this provision count time?
- The action is not maintainable if brought three or more years after the injury day under section 16A(2)
- Institute the identified action in the appropriate court.
- This is not a statutory compensation claim; section 16A(1) requires the compensable-injury and hypothetical notice eligibility facts.
The action is not maintainable if brought three or more years after the injury day under section 16A(2). Legislation Act section 151 distinguishes periods beginning from or after an event from periods beginning on an event. Its table also distinguishes an ending before a day. Preserve the actual prohibition and paired-anchor wording for workers compensation damages limitation, rather than assuming an inclusive anniversary.
For workers compensation damages limitation, Legislation Act section 151A addresses acts due on non-working days, subject to the applicable law and displacement rules. This is not a statutory compensation claim; section 16A(1) requires the compensable-injury and hypothetical notice eligibility facts. This guide does not infer a generic carried date or import a court-rule vacation exclusion into a statutory limitation.
Limitation Act 1985 (ACT) section 16AWhich facts prevent one automatic date?
Limitation Act 1985 (ACT) section 16A. The action is not maintainable if brought three or more years after the injury day under section 16A(2). This is not a statutory compensation claim; section 16A(1) requires the compensable-injury and hypothetical notice eligibility facts. Establish the actual statutory event, eligibility and completion facts before relying on a filing endpoint. This interim source guide provides no computed or paid date.
The claimant asserting the specified common-law compensable-injury cause of action identifies the day the injury happened. The action is not maintainable if brought three or more years after the injury day under section 16A(2). Institute the identified action in the appropriate court. The claimant asserting the specified common-law compensable-injury cause of action. The action is not maintainable if brought three or more years after the injury day under section 16A(2). This is not a statutory compensation claim; section 16A(1) requires the compensable-injury and hypothetical notice eligibility facts.
A proposed endpoint for workers compensation damages limitation coincides with a weekend or a local public holiday. For workers compensation damages limitation, Legislation Act section 151A addresses acts due on non-working days, subject to the applicable law and displacement rules. This is not a statutory compensation claim; section 16A(1) requires the compensable-injury and hypothetical notice eligibility facts. This guide does not infer a generic carried date or import a court-rule vacation exclusion into a statutory limitation. Establish the actual completion place and applicable statutory boundary. This is not a statutory compensation claim; section 16A(1) requires the compensable-injury and hypothetical notice eligibility facts.
This is not a statutory compensation claim; section 16A(1) requires the compensable-injury and hypothetical notice eligibility facts. The action is not maintainable if brought three or more years after the injury day under section 16A(2). The different or missing facts prevent choosing a single automatic date. Institute the identified action in the appropriate court. This is not a statutory compensation claim; section 16A(1) requires the compensable-injury and hypothetical notice eligibility facts.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Actual claimant, action and operative event
- The claimant asserting the specified common-law compensable-injury cause of action. The day the injury happened.
- Applicable statutory branch and prerequisites
- This is not a statutory compensation claim; section 16A(1) requires the compensable-injury and hypothetical notice eligibility facts.
- Exact limitation wording and completion facts
- For workers compensation damages limitation, Legislation Act section 151A addresses acts due on non-working days, subject to the applicable law and displacement rules. This is not a statutory compensation claim; section 16A(1) requires the compensable-injury and hypothetical notice eligibility facts. This guide does not infer a generic carried date or import a court-rule vacation exclusion into a statutory limitation.
- The claimant asserting the specified common-law compensable-injury cause of action. The action is not maintainable if brought three or more years after the injury day under section 16A(2). This is not a statutory compensation claim; section 16A(1) requires the compensable-injury and hypothetical notice eligibility facts.
- Workers compensation damages limitation concerns the day the injury happened. This is not a statutory compensation claim; section 16A(1) requires the compensable-injury and hypothetical notice eligibility facts. Personal injury limitation requires a separate source classification, so its date does not establish this action’s limitation.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
Which period and facts govern ACT workers compensation damages limitation?
What period applies to ACT workers compensation damages limitation?
The action is not maintainable if brought three or more years after the injury day under section 16A(2). This is not a statutory compensation claim; section 16A(1) requires the compensable-injury and hypothetical notice eligibility facts.
Limitation Act 1985 (ACT) section 16AWhat actual event controls workers compensation damages limitation?
The day the injury happened. The claimant asserting the specified common-law compensable-injury cause of action must establish that source event from the actual obligation, claim and records.
Limitation Act 1985 (ACT) section 16AWhat must the claimant complete for workers compensation damages limitation?
Institute the identified action in the appropriate court. This is not a statutory compensation claim; section 16A(1) requires the compensable-injury and hypothetical notice eligibility facts. The actual commencement route and source classification require review.
Limitation Act 1985 (ACT) section 16ADoes this period govern a claim for statutory compensation?
No. Section16A(1) excludes a claim for compensation under the Workers Compensation Act 1951. It concerns the specified other cause of action relating to a compensable injury.
Limitation Act 1985 (ACT) section 16AMust a statutory claim actually have been made?
Section16A(1)(b) asks whether a claim could or could have been made if the required injury notice had been given. Establish those statutory eligibility facts.
Limitation Act 1985 (ACT) section 16ADoes the section 36(5) exclusion list section 16A?
The exclusion lists section 16AA, section 16B and the wrongful-death class. It does not itself list section 16A. Any proposed section 36 extension still requires its actual applicability and court decision.
Limitation Act 1985 (ACT) section 36Official sources and review
Provisions used (4)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Limitation Act 1985 (ACT) section 16A | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Limitation Act 1985 (ACT) section 36 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Limitation Act 1985 (ACT) section 30 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Legislation Act 2001 (ACT) sections 151 and 151A | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |