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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-2013/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-2013/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2013/26",
  "legislation_title": "Defamation Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-2013",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Serious harm",
  "text": "(1) A statement is not defamatory unless its publication has caused or is likely to cause serious harm to the reputation of the claimant.\n(2) For the purposes of this section, harm to the reputation of a body that trades for profit is not “serious harm” unless it has caused or is likely to cause the body serious financial loss.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 1 in force at 1.1.2014 by S.I. 2013/3027, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/26/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:10.128554+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}