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The Defamation Act 1996 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2000
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- 2000 No. 222 (C. 7)
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Sections 14 and 15 and Schedule 1 (reports of courts and other bodies protected by privilege), together with section 17 (interpretation) and section 16 and Schedule 2 (repeals) so far as they apply to those provisions, were brought into force on 1st April 1999 by S.I. 1999/817. That Order applied to Scotland and Northern Ireland as well as to England and Wales.
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