Section 17 Short title, extent and commencement

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Defamation Act 2013.

(2)

F1...This Act extends to England and Wales only.

F2(3)

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(4)

Subject to F3subsection (6), the provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.

F4(5)

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(6)

Section 15, subsections (4) to (8) of section 16 and this section come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 17(2) repealed (S.) (8.8.2022) by Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Act 2021 (asp 10), ss. 35(4)(b)(i), 39(2); S.S.I. 2022/154, regs. 1(2), 2
F2: S. 17(3) repealed (S.) (8.8.2022) by Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Act 2021 (asp 10), ss. 35(4)(b)(ii), 39(2); S.S.I. 2022/154, regs. 1(2), 2
F3: Word in s. 17(4) substituted (S.) (8.8.2022) by Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Act 2021 (asp 10), ss. 35(4)(b)(iii), 39(2); S.S.I. 2022/154, regs. 1(2), 2
F4: S. 17(5) repealed (S.) (8.8.2022) by Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Act 2021 (asp 10), ss. 35(4)(b)(ii), 39(2); S.S.I. 2022/154, regs. 1(2), 2