Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25)

Schedules

Schedule 21 Minor and consequential amendments

Part 4 Abolition of common law libel offences etc

Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1881 (c. 60)

67 In section 4 of the Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1881 (inquiry by court of summary jurisdiction as to libel being for public benefit etc)—

(a) after “jurisdiction” insert “in Northern Ireland”,

(b) before “libel” (in first place it occurs) insert “blasphemous”, and

(c) omit from “as to the publication” to “malice, and”.