Part 3: General Schedule 4: Limitation periods: Northern Ireland Part 1 – Court’s discretion to disapply time limits
Part 1 of Schedule 4 amends article 50 of the Limitation (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 / 1339, which permits the Court to override the normal time limit for bringing claims for personal injury and/or death.
	Paragraph 1(2) inserts new paragraphs (1A) to (1C).
New paragraph (1A) prohibits the court from allowing any claim to proceed if it has been commenced more than six years after the relevant date (as defined in new paragraph (8)).
New paragraph (1B) specifies that these amendments apply only to claims against the Ministry of Defence or Secretary of State for Defence or members of Her Majesty’s forces made in connection with overseas operations where the damage (as defined in paragraph (1C)) complained of occurred outside the British Islands.
	Paragraph 1(3) inserts new paragraphs (3A) and (3B), which explain how these amendments interact with article 9.
	Paragraph 1(4) inserts new paragraph (6A). Paragraph (6A) specifies those additional factors to which the court must have particular regard when deciding whether to disapply the normal time limit for bringing a personal injury or death claim. These factors are intended to ensure that the court takes proper account of the operational context (as defined in paragraph (6B)), and the likely impact of giving evidence on the mental health of the Service personnel or veterans involved.
	Paragraph (1)(5) inserts a new paragraph (7A), which clarifies how these amendments will apply in light of the Limitation (Enemies and War Prisoners) Act 1945.
	Paragraph 1(6) and (7) insert new definitions.