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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009/schedule-23/part-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/25",
  "legislation_title": "Coroners and Justice Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009",
  "path": "schedule/23/part/2",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Criminal offences",
  "text": "Notes\n1The repeal of the Libel Act 1792 (c. 60), the repeal in section 1 of the Criminal Libel Act 1819 (60 Geo. 3 & 1 Geo. 4 c. 8), the repeal of section 17(2) of the Defamation Act 1952 (c. 66), the repeal of section 20(2) of the Defamation Act 1996 and the repeals in section 10 of the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 do not extend to Scotland.\n2The repeal of section 4 of the Law of Libel Amendment Act 1888 (c. 64) and the repeal of section 20(2) of the Defamation Act 1996 do not extend to Northern Ireland.\nShort title and chapter\nExtent of repeal\nLibel Act 1792 (c. 60)\nThe whole Act.\nCriminal Libel Act 1819 (60 Geo. 3 & 1 Geo. 4 c. 8)\nIn section 1, from “, or any seditious libel” to “means”.\nLibel Act 1843 (c. 96)\nSections 4 to 6.\nNewspaper Libel and Registration Act 1881 (c. 60)\nIn section 4, from “as to the publication” to “malice, and”.\nLaw of Libel Amendment Act 1888 (c. 64)\nSections 3 and 4.\nDefamation Act 1952 (c. 66)\nSection 17(2).\nHomicide Act 1957 (c. 11)\nSection 3.\nSuicide Act 1961 (c. 60)\nIn Schedule 1—\n(a)in Part 1, the entry relating to the Children and Young Persons Act 1933, and\n(b)in Part 2, the entry relating to section 7 of the Visiting Forces Act 1952.\nCriminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c. 20)\nSection 7.\nTheatres Act 1968 (c. 54)\nIn section 4(1), from “(including” to “matter)”.\nIn section 7(2), from “or an offence” to “course of a performance of a play”.\nIn section 8, from “or an offence” to “play”.\nBroadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42)\nIn section 166, from “(including” to “matter)”.\nCriminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25)\nSection 61(4) and (5).\nDefamation Act 1996 (c. 31)\nSection 20(2).\nLegal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 (c. 28)\nIn section 10—\n(a)in subsection (1), “, or subject to any criminal liability,”,\n(b)in subsection (2)(a), “in the case of liability in damages”,\n(c)in subsection (3), “, or subject to any criminal liability,”,\n(d)in subsection (4)(a), “in the case of liability in damages”,\n(e)in subsection 6(a), “, or subject to any criminal liability,”, and\n(f)in subsection (8), “and criminal liability”.\nCriminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)\nIn Schedule 21, in paragraph 11(d), “in a way not amounting to a defence of provocation”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 23 Pt. 2 in force at 1.2.2010 for specified purposes by S.I. 2010/145, art. 2(2), Sch. para. 27(a) (as amended (29.1.2010) by S.I. 2010/186, art. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 23 Pt. 2 in force at 4.10.2010 for specified purposes by S.I. 2010/816, art. 5(g) (with art. 7) (as amended (11.3.2011) by S.I. 2011/722, art. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "Sch. 23 Pt. 2 in force at 1.6.2011 for specified purposes for N.I. by S.R. 2011/182, art. 3(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I4",
      "text": "Sch. 23 Pt. 2 partly in force; Sch. 23 Pt. 2 in force at 12.1.2010 for specified purposes, see s. 182(2)(e)"
    }
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  "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."
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