{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contempt-of-court-act-1981/section-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contempt-of-court-act-1981/section-19.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/49",
  "legislation_title": "Contempt of Court Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contempt-of-court-act-1981",
  "path": "section/19",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "In this Act—\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n“court” includes any tribunal or body exercising the judicial power of the State, and “legal proceedings” shall be construed accordingly;\n“publication” has the meaning assigned by subsection (1) of section 2, and “publish” (except in section 9) shall be construed accordingly;\n“Scottish proceedings” means proceedings before any court, including the Court Martial Appeal Court, ... and the Employment Appeal Tribunal, sitting in Scotland, and includes proceedings before the Supreme Court in the exercise of any appellate jurisdiction over proceedings in such a court;\n“the strict liability rule” has the meaning assigned by section 1;\n“superior court” means the Supreme Court the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the Crown Court, the Court Martial Appeal Court, ... the Employment Appeal Tribunal and any other court exercising in relation to its proceedings powers equivalent to those of the High Court . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Definition inserted by Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984 (c. 46, SIF 96), s. 57(1), Sch. 5 para. 39(2) and repealed by Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42, SIF 96), s. 203(1)(3), Sch. 20 para. 31(2), Sch. 21"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in S. 19 substituted (28.3.2009 for specified purposes otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 16 para. 91; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 19 repealed (10.3.2013) by The Competition Act 1998 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/294), arts. 1, 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 19 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 35(3); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 19 inserted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 35(3); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 19 repealed (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 35(3), Sch. 18 Pt. 5; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)(f)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/49/section/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:13:52.160059+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}