# Defamation Act 1996, Paragraph 9 Extent: S (1) A fair and accurate copy of or extract from a notice or other matter issued for the information of the public by or on behalf ofโ€” (a) a legislature in any member State or the European Parliament; (b) the government of any member State, or any authority performing governmental functions in any member State or part of a member State, or the European Commission; (c) an international organisation or international conference. (2) In this paragraph โ€œ governmental functions โ€ includes police functions. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/31/schedule/1/paragraph/9 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-1996/schedule-1/paragraph-9 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.