Article 3

The following provisions of the Defamation Act 1996 shall come into force on 28th February 2000:

(a)

sections 2, 3 (apart from subsection (9)) and 4 (offer to make amends), section 7 (meaning of a statement), and sections 8 to 10 (summary disposal of a claim); and

(b)

so far as they are not already in force, section 17(1) (interpretation), and section 16 and Schedule 2 (repeals) except the entries relating to—

(i)

the Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955^f1;

(ii)

the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972^f2;

(iii)

the British Nationality Act 1981^f3, Schedule 7, the entry relating to the Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955;

(iv)

the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985^f4, Schedule 2, paragraph 3;

(v)

the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986^f5; and

(vi)

the Broadcasting Act 1990^f6, Schedule 20, paragraph 3.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1955 c. 11 (N.I.).
f2: 1972 c. 9 (N.I.).
f3: 1981 c. 61.
f4: 1985 c. 43.
f5: S.I. 1986/594 (N.I.3).
f6: 1990 c. 42.