Section 98 Protection for journalistic materialI1
(1)
An information notice may not require a person to provide or produce journalistic material.
(2)
“Journalistic material” means information or a document which is—
(a)
in the possession of someone who created or acquired it for the purposes of journalism, or
(b)
in the possession of someone who received it from another person who intended the recipient to use it for the purposes of journalism.
Annotations
Commencement
- I1
S. 98 in force at 25.1.2018 by S.I. 2018/33, art. 2(c)
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
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Word in Act substituted (19.9.2025) by Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 5), s. 67(1), Sch. 2 para. 21