The Public Order (Northern Ireland) Order 1987

Savings for reports of parliamentary, Assembly or judicial proceedingsN.I.

15.—(1) Nothing in this Part applies to a fair and accurate report of proceedings in Parliament[F1, in the Scottish Parliament] or in the Assembly.

(2) Nothing in this Part applies to a fair and accurate report of proceedings publicly heard before a court or tribunal exercising judicial authority where the report is published contemporaneously with the proceedings or, if it is not reasonably practicable or would be unlawful to publish a report of them contemporaneously, as soon as publication is reasonably practicable and lawful.

F1SI 1999/1820