Part 3: General Schedule 2: Limitation periods: England and Wales Part 1 – Court’s discretion to disapply time limits
Part 1 of Schedule 2 amends section 33 of the LA, which sets out the factors that the court must have particular regard to when exercising its discretion to extend the normal time limit (set out in section 11 and section 12 of the LA) for bringing claims for personal injury or death. These amendments do not change the way in which the time limit is calculated.
	Paragraph 1(2) inserts new subsections (1ZA) to (1ZC) into section 33 of the LA.
Subsection (1ZA) 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 subsection (7)).
Subsection (1ZB) 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 (as defined in new subsection (7)) where the damage (as defined in subsection (1ZC)) complained of occurred outside the British Islands.
	Paragraph 1(3) inserts new subsections (2A) to (2B) into section 33 of the LA. These specify the effect of these amendments in relations to section 12 of the LA.
	Paragraph 1(4) inserts new subsections (5A) and (5B) into section 33 of the LA. Subsection (5A) 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 subsection (5B)), and the likely impact of giving evidence on the mental health of the Service personnel or veterans involved.
	Paragraph 1(5), which inserts a new subsection (6A) into section 33 of the LA, clarifies how these amendments will apply in light of the Limitation (Enemies and War Prisoners) Act 1945.
	Paragraph 1(6) substitutes a new subsection (7) into section 33 of the LA. This amends the definitions used to restrict the effect of these amendments to claims for personal injuries or deaths connected with overseas operations; and explains how "the relevant date" is to be calculated.