# Broadcasting Act 1990, Section 166: Defamatory material.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) For the purposes of the law of libel and slander ... 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.
(3) .........................................................................
(4) In this section “the Defamation Acts” means the Defamation Act 1952 and the Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955.
(5) Subsections (1) and (2) above do not extend to Scotland.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/42/section/166 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/broadcasting-act-1990/section-166
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