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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-defamation-operators-of-websites-regulations-2013/schedule/paragraph-9",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2013/9780111104620",
  "legislation_title": "The Defamation (Operators of Websites) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-defamation-operators-of-websites-regulations-2013",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Response to notice of complaint: persistent re-posting of same or substantially the same material",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies where—\n(a) a notice of complaint from the same complainant has been received by the operator in relation to a relevant statement on two or more previous occasions;\n(b) on each occasion the statement has been removed from the website in accordance with this Schedule;\n(c) the operator receives a further notice of complaint in relation to the statement; and\n(d) the complainant informs the operator at the same time as sending the notice of complaint that the complainant has sent a notice of complaint to the operator on two or more previous occasions in relation to the statement.\n(2) Where this paragraph applies paragraphs 2 to 8 do not apply and the operator must remove the statement from the locations on the website which were specified in the notice of complaint within 48 hours of receiving the notice of complaint.\n(3) A statement is a relevant statement for the purposes of this paragraph if—\n(a) the statement to which the notice of complaint relates conveys the same or substantially the same imputation as that to which each of the previous notices of complaint referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) relate;\n(b) it was posted on the same website; and\n(c) it was posted on that website by the same person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111104620/schedule/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:14:57.659674+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."
}