{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-and-malicious-publication-scotland-act-2021-commencement-and-transitional-provision-regulations-2022/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-and-malicious-publication-scotland-act-2021-commencement-and-transitional-provision-regulations-2022/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2022/154",
  "legislation_title": "The Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Act 2021 (Commencement and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-and-malicious-publication-scotland-act-2021-commencement-and-transitional-provision-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Specifying the date on which certain provisions come into force",
  "text": "In section 18A (limitation of defamation and other actions) of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973, in each of subsections (3A) and (3B), for “the day on which section 32 of the 2021 Act comes into force” substitute “8 August 2022”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1973 c. 52. Section 18A was inserted by section 12(2) of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985, and is amended by section 32 of the 2021 Act, once commenced."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2022/154/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:50:07.148572+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."
}