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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-1996-commencement-no-2-order-2000/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/222",
  "legislation_title": "The Defamation Act 1996 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-1996-commencement-no-2-order-2000",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The following provisions of the Defamation Act 1996 shall come into force on 28th February 2000:\n(a) sections 2, 3 (apart from subsection (9)) and 4 (offer to make amends), section 7 (meaning of a statement), and sections 8 to 10 (summary disposal of a claim); and\n(b) so far as they are not already in force, section 17(1) (interpretation), and section 16 and Schedule 2 (repeals) except the entries relating to—\n(i) the Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955;\n(ii) the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972;\n(iii) the British Nationality Act 1981, Schedule 7, the entry relating to the Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955;\n(iv) the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, Schedule 2, paragraph 3;\n(v) the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986; and\n(vi) the Broadcasting Act 1990, Schedule 20, paragraph 3.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1955 c. 11 (N.I.)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 9 (N.I.)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1981 c. 61."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1985 c. 43."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/594 (N.I.3)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1990 c. 42."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/222/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:49.889714+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."
}