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PART 3General

Remedies

30Power of court to order display of notice of proceedings, removal of a statement etc.

(1)In defamation proceedings or proceedings under Part 2, a court may order—

(a)the operator of a website on which the statement complained of is posted—

(i)to include on the website a prominent notice that the statement is subject to the proceedings, or

(ii)to remove the statement, or

(b)any person who was not the author, editor or publisher of the statement to stop distributing, selling or exhibiting material containing the statement.

(2)For the purpose of subsection (1)(a), a notice is prominent if it is in a place or form that ensures that a person accessing the statement is made aware of the notice every time that the person accesses the statement.

(3)This section does not limit the other powers available to the court in respect of the statement or any person who is publishing it.

(4)In this section, “author”, “editor”, and “publisher” are to be construed in accordance with section 3.