In this Act—
" court" includes any tribunal or body exercising the judicial power of the State, and " legal proceedings " shall be construed accordingly;
"publication" has the meaning assigned by subsection (1) of section 2, and " publish " (except in section 9) shall be construed accordingly;
" Scottish proceedings " means proceedings before any court, including the Courts-Martial Appeal Court, the Restrictive Practices Court and the Employment Appeal Tribunal, sitting in Scotland, and includes proceedings before the House of Lords in the exercise of any appellate jurisdiction over proceedings in such a court;
"the strict liability rule" has the meaning assigned by section 1;
"superior court" means the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the Crown Court, the Courts-Martial Appeal Court, the Restrictive Practices Court, the Employment Appeal Tribunal and any other court exercising in relation to its proceedings powers equivalent to those of the High Court, and includes the House of Lords in the exercise of its appellate jurisdiction.