Part 3: Investigations, legal proceedings etc. and release of prisoners Civil proceedings, inquests and police complaints Section 43: Tort, delict and fatal accident actions
This section prohibits relevant Troubles-related civil actions from being brought after the section comes into force (Subsection (2)) and from being continued in respect of those claims which were brought on or after the Act’s first reading as a Bill in the House of Commons (Subsection (1)). The section comes into force 2 months after the Act was passed (see section 63(2)(a)); and the date of the Act’s first reading as a Bill in the House of Commons was 17 May 2022.
	Subsections (3) to (6) define "relevant Troubles-related civil action". They provide that such actions must (a) relate to an action to determine a claim arising out of Troubles-related conduct (defined in section 1); (b) be founded on a cause of action under tort, delict, fatal accident legislation or equivalent foreign law grounds; and (c) have the time limit for bringing the action given in the limitation legislation listed in subsection (6).
	Subsection (7) provides that the prohibition does not apply to an action where the court of first instance has given a final judgement on the matter in dispute before the section comes into force.
	Subsection (8) provides that where the prohibitions created by subsections (1) and (2) prevent an action from being brought or continued, no related proceedings (other than costs proceedings) may be continued or begun once the section has come into force.
	Subsection (9) provides that this section does not apply if, or to the extent that, the relevant Troubles-related civil action is an action to which section 47(1) applies (prohibition of civil claims alleging invalidity of interim custody orders).
	Subsection (10) defines what is meant in relation to "costs proceedings", "fatal accidents legislation", "other jurisdiction", "related proceedings", and "trial".
	Subsection (11) gives effect to Schedule 9 which makes provision about the process for determining whether the prohibition applies.
	Subsection (12) gives effect to Schedule 10 which disapplies the prohibition in relation to certain cross-border claims to which Directive 2008/52/EC (the Mediation Directive) to the extent its effect is preserved by the EU Withdrawal Agreement.