http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/22/section/42Crime and Courts Act 2013An Act to establish, and make provision about, the National Crime Agency; to abolish the Serious Organised Crime Agency and the National Policing Improvement Agency; to make provision about the judiciary and the structure, administration, proceedings and powers of courts and tribunals; to make provision about deferred prosecution agreements; to make provision about border control; to make provision about drugs and driving; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-01-08Expert Participation2026-01-05 Part 2421This section applies for the purposes of sections 34 to 41.2“Approved regulator” means a body recognised as a regulator of relevant publishers.3For the purposes of subsection (2), a body is “recognised” as a regulator of relevant publishers if it is so recognised by any body established by Royal Charter (whether established before or after the coming into force of this section) with the purpose of carrying on activities relating to the recognition of independent regulators of relevant publishers.4“Relevant claim” means a civil claim made in respect of any of the following—alibel;bslander;cbreach of confidence;dmisuse of private information;emalicious falsehood;fharassment.5For the purposes of subsection (4)—athe reference to a claim made in respect of the misuse of private information does not include a reference to a claim made by virtue of Article 82 of the UK GDPR or section 168 or 169 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (compensation for contravention of the data protection legislation) ;bthe reference to a claim made in respect of harassment is a reference to a claim made under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.5AIn subsection (5)(a), “the UK GDPR” has the same meaning as in Parts 5 to 7 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3(10) and (14) of that Act).6The “material time”, in relation to a relevant claim, is the time of the events giving rise to the claim.7“News-related material” means—anews or information about current affairs,bopinion about matters relating to the news or current affairs, orcgossip about celebrities, other public figures or other persons in the news.8A relevant claim is related to the publication of news-related material if the claim results from—athe publication of news-related material, orbactivities carried on in connection with the publication of such material (whether or not the material is in fact published).9A reference to the “publication” of material is a reference to publication—aon a website,bin hard copy, orcby any other means;and references to a person who “publishes” material are to be read accordingly.10A reference to “conduct” includes a reference to omissions; and a reference to a person's conduct includes a reference to a person's conduct after the events giving rise to the claim concerned.S. 42 in force at 3.11.2015 for specified purposes by S.I. 2015/1837, art. 2(b)Words in s. 42(5)(a) substituted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 181(2) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)Words in s. 42(5)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 24(2) (with Sch. 3 para. 112); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)S. 42(5A) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 24(3) (with Sch. 3 para. 112); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)