{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-2013/section-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-2013/section-15.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2013/26",
  "legislation_title": "Defamation Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-2013",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Meaning of “publish” and “statement”",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“publish” and “publication”, in relation to a statement, have the meaning they have for the purposes of the law of defamation generally;\n“statement” means words, pictures, visual images, gestures or any other method of signifying meaning.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 15 repealed (S.) (8.8.2022) by Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Act 2021 (asp 10), ss. 35(4)(a), 39(2); S.S.I. 2022/154, regs. 1(2), 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/26/section/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:10.128554+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."
}