This Order may be cited as the Defamation Act 1996 (Commencement No 4) Order 2009.
Date made: 25 October 2009: (no specific commencement provision).
This Order applies to Northern Ireland only: see art 2.
This Order extends to Northern Ireland only.
Date made: 25 October 2009: (no specific commencement provision).
This Order applies to Northern Ireland only: see above.
The following provisions of the Defamation Act 1996 shall come into force on 6th January 2010:
(a) sections 2, 3 (apart from subsection (9)) and 4 (offer to make amends);
(b) section 7 (meaning of statement);
(c) sections 8 to 11 (summary disposal of claims); and
(d) so far as they are not already in force, section 17(1) (interpretation), section 16 and Schedule 2 (repeals).
Date made: 25 October 2009: (no specific commencement provision).
This Order applies to Northern Ireland only: see art 2.
Section 4 of the Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955 shall continue to apply as if it had not been repealed to any offer of amends made before 6th January 2010, and to any legal proceedings relating to that offer.
Date made: 25 October 2009: (no specific commencement provision).
This Order applies to Northern Ireland only: see art 2.
Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor
Bridget Prentice
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
25th October 2009
This Order brings into force on 6th January 2010 all the provisions of the Defamation Act 1996 which apply in Northern Ireland and which have not so far been brought into force.
This Order also contains a transitional provision in relation to section 4 of the Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955. Section 4 provides for offers of amends in cases of unintentional defamation and article 4 of the Order provides that it shall continue to apply as if it had not been repealed to any offer of amends made before 6th January 2010 and to any legal proceedings relating to that offer.
