Defamation Act 1996

The Defamation Act 1996 (c 31) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The Defamation Act 1996[1]
Long titleAn Act to amend the law of defamation and to amend the law of limitation with respect to actions for defamation or malicious falsehood.
Citation1996 c 31
Dates
Royal assent4 July 1996
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

Section 14 - Reports of court proceedings absolutely privileged

See Absolute privilege in English law

Section 19 - Commencement

The following orders have been made under this section:

gollark: But if you pick people with good scores, you get more good doctors.
gollark: It's not like having a good score causes you to be a good doctor.
gollark: I mean, if they won't actually... work as a doctor... then they aren't really very good.
gollark: > you could get the best damn doctor in the world, highest grades and shit, but you hire him and he doesnt treat minorities, what are you gonna do? He is the best qualified, after allThat would make them... not a good doctor?
gollark: > Well, it ends up being biased, just like life.Don't deliberately include *more*.

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References

  1. The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 20(1) of this Act.


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