When is the deadline for copyright - limitation where the plaintiff did not know of the act or omission when it occurred?
The catalogue records a 3 years period from The time when the plaintiff first knew of the act or omission, or could reasonably have been expected to know of it. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
Source link required
This page is in preparation. It does not offer an automated deadline or a paid record until the missing source or calculator evidence is complete.
In preparation
The existing catalogue does not yet have a registered adapter or source evidence for this exact question. It remains available as a public preparation page only.
Example pending review
A separately reviewed fixture is required before this question can become indexable. The page does not present an unreviewed output as an example.
Calculation basis and source
- Period
- 3 years
- Trigger
- The time when the plaintiff first knew of the act or omission, or could reasonably have been expected to know of it
- Counting
- The encoded calculator method must be independently documented before publication.
- Rollovers and holidays
- Holiday, closure and order treatment must be independently documented before publication.
This route remains in preparation until a pinpoint official source is recorded.
- Not extendable by the Court; applied only against a party who pleads a limitation period (s 43.1(2)).
- The express statutory discovery rule. Recorded separately from s 43.1(1)(a) rather than merged. The Copyright Act prescribes NO ultimate long-stop for this branch, so a claim discovered many years after the infringement can still be brought within three years of discovery.