Defamation (Amendment) Act 2026
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PART 2 Amendment of Section 2 of Principal Act | ||
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Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act | ||
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3. Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended— | ||
(a) by the insertion of the following definition: | ||
“ ‘Act of 2015’ means the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 ;”, | ||
(b) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “periodical”: | ||
“ ‘periodical’ means— | ||
(a) any newspaper, magazine, journal or other publication that is printed, published or issued, or that circulates, in the State at regular or substantially regular intervals and includes any version thereof published on the internet or by other electronic means, or | ||
(b) any newspaper, magazine, journal or other publication that is published or issued, or that circulates, only on the internet or by other electronic means at regular or substantially regular intervals— | ||
(i) by a publisher who is established in the State, or | ||
(ii) the publication of which is specifically targeted at the general public, or a section of the general public, in the State;”, | ||
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(c) by the deletion of the definition of “summary relief”. |