Section 166 Defamatory material.

United Kingdom

(1)

For the purposes of the law of libel and slander F1... the publication of words in the course of any programme included in a programme service shall be treated as publication in permanent form.

(2)

Subsection (1) above shall apply for the purposes of section 3 of each of the Defamation Acts (slander of title etc.) as it applies for the purposes of the law of libel and slander.

(3F2)

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(4)

In this section “the Defamation Acts” means the M1Defamation Act 1952 and the M2Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955.

(5)

Subsections (1) and (2) above do not extend to Scotland.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 166 repealed (12.1.2010) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(2)(e)(viii), Sch. 23 Pt. 2 (with s. 180)
F2: S. 166(3) repealed (4.9.1996 for specified purposes, 1.4.1999 for specified purposes, 28.2.2000 for E.W. insofar as not already in force, 31.3.2001 for S., 6.1.2010 for N.I. in so far as not already in force) by Defamation Act 1996 (c. 31), ss. 16, 19(2), Sch. 2; S.I. 1999/817, art. 2(b); S.I. 2000/222, art. 3(b); S.S.I. 2001/98, art. 3; S.I. 2009/2858, art. 3(d)

Marginal citations

M1: 1952 c. 66.
M2: 1955 c. 11 (N.I.).