# The Defamation (Operators of Websites) Regulations 2013, Paragraph 1: Removal of statements from website


(1) This paragraph applies where a provision of this Schedule provides that an operator must remove a statement from the locations on the website specified in a notice of complaint within a specified period.
(2) The operator is to be taken to have removed the statement concerned from a particular location within that period if, before that period has elapsed, another person has removed the statement from that location.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111104620/schedule/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-defamation-operators-of-websites-regulations-2013/schedule/paragraph-1
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