{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-1996/schedule-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-1996/schedule-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/31",
  "legislation_title": "Defamation Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/2",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Repeals",
  "text": "Chapter\nShort title\nExtent of repeal\n1888 c. 64.\nLaw of Libel Amendment Act 1888.\nSection 3.\n1952 c. 66.\nDefamation Act 1952.\nSection 4.\nSections 7, 8 and 9(2) and (3).\nSection 16(2) and (3).\nThe Schedule.\n1955 c. 20.\nRevision of the Army and Air Force Acts (Transitional Provisions) Act 1955.\nIn Schedule 2, the entry relating to the Defamation Act 1952.\n1955 c. 11 (N.I.).\nDefamation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955.\nSection 4.\nSections 7, 8 and 9(2) and (3).\nSection 14(2).\nThe Schedule.\n1972 c. 9 (N.I.).\nLocal Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.\nIn Schedule 8, paragraph 12.\n1981 c. 49.\nContempt of Court Act 1981.\nIn section 4(3), the words “and of section 3 of the Law of Libel Amendment Act 1888 (privilege)”.\n1981 c. 61.\nBritish Nationality Act 1981.\nIn Schedule 7, the entries relating to the Defamation Act 1952 and the Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955.\n1985 c. 43.\nLocal Government (Access to Information) Act 1985.\nIn Schedule 2, paragraphs 2 and 3.\n1985 c. 61.\nAdministration of Justice Act 1985.\nSection 57.\nS.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3).\nEducation and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.\nArticle 97(2).\n1990 c. 42.\nBroadcasting Act 1990.\nSection 166(3).\nIn Schedule 20, paragraphs 2 and 3.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 partly in force; Sch. 2 partly in force at Royal Assent see s. 19(2)(3); Sch. 2 in force for certain purposes at 1.4.1999 by S.I. 1999/817, art. 2(b); Sch. 2 in force for E.W. for certain purposes at 28.2.2000 (subject to savings in art. 4 of the commencing S.I.) by S.I. 2000/222, arts. 3, 4; Sch. 2 in force for S. at 31.3.2001 insofar as not already in force by S.S.I. 2001/98, art. 3(b)(i) (with transitional provision in art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 in force at 6.1.2010 for N.I. in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2009/2858, art. 3(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/31/schedule/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:31:02.600018+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."
}