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Coroners and Justice Act 2009

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Part 2Criminal offences

Short title and chapterExtent of repeal

Notes

1

The repeal of the Libel Act 1792 (c. 60), the repeal in section 1 of the Criminal Libel Act 1819 (60 Geo. 3 & 1 Geo. 4 c. 8), the repeal of section 17(2) of the Defamation Act 1952 (c. 66), the repeal of section 20(2) of the Defamation Act 1996 and the repeals in section 10 of the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 do not extend to Scotland.

2

The repeal of section 4 of the Law of Libel Amendment Act 1888 (c. 64) and the repeal of section 20(2) of the Defamation Act 1996 do not extend to Northern Ireland.

Libel Act 1792 (c. 60)The whole Act.
Criminal Libel Act 1819 (60 Geo. 3 & 1 Geo. 4 c. 8)In section 1, from “, or any seditious libel” to “means”.
Libel Act 1843 (c. 96)Sections 4 to 6.
Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1881 (c. 60)In section 4, from “as to the publication” to “malice, and”.
Law of Libel Amendment Act 1888 (c. 64)Sections 3 and 4.
Defamation Act 1952 (c. 66)Section 17(2).
Homicide Act 1957 (c. 11)Section 3.
Suicide Act 1961 (c. 60)

In Schedule 1—

(a)

in Part 1, the entry relating to the Children and Young Persons Act 1933, and

(b)

in Part 2, the entry relating to section 7 of the Visiting Forces Act 1952.

Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c. 20)Section 7.
Theatres Act 1968 (c. 54)In section 4(1), from “(including” to “matter)”.
In section 7(2), from “or an offence” to “course of a performance of a play”.
In section 8, from “or an offence” to “play”.
Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42)In section 166, from “(including” to “matter)”.
Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25)Section 61(4) and (5).
Defamation Act 1996 (c. 31)Section 20(2).
Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 (c. 28)

In section 10—

(a)

in subsection (1), “, or subject to any criminal liability,”,

(b)

in subsection (2)(a), “in the case of liability in damages”,

(c)

in subsection (3), “, or subject to any criminal liability,”,

(d)

in subsection (4)(a), “in the case of liability in damages”,

(e)

in subsection 6(a), “, or subject to any criminal liability,”, and

(f)

in subsection (8), “and criminal liability”.

Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)In Schedule 21, in paragraph 11(d), “in a way not amounting to a defence of provocation”.

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