{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-10.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2022/30",
  "legislation_title": "Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-northern-ireland-2022",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Special damage",
  "text": "(1) The Slander of Women Act 1891 is repealed.\n(2) The publication of a statement that conveys the imputation that a person has a contagious or infectious disease does not give rise to a cause of action for slander unless the publication causes the person special damage.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 10 in operation at 7.6.2022, see s. 14"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2022/30/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:12.019264+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."
}