{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-1996/section-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-1996/section-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/31",
  "legislation_title": "Defamation Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-1996",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Repeals.",
  "text": "The enactments specified in Schedule 2 are repealed to the extent specified.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 16 wholly in force; S. 16 partly in force at Royal Assent see s. 19(2)(3); s. 16 in force for certain purposes at 1.4.1999 by S.I. 1999/817, art. 2(b); s. 16 in force for E.W. at 28.2.2000 by S.I. 2000/222, art. 3; s. 16 in force for S. at 31.3.2001 insofar as not already in force by S.S.I. 2001/98, art. 3(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 16 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": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/31/section/16",
    "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."
}