Defamation (Amendment) Act 2026

Amendment of Schedule 1 to Principal Act

23. (1) Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in Part 1—

(i) by the deletion of paragraph 2,

(ii) in paragraph 11, by the substitution of “in a state or place other than the State” for “under the law of a Member State or of the United Kingdom”, and

(iii) in paragraph 12, by the substitution of “in a state or place other than the State” for “in a Member State or in the United Kingdom”,

and

(b) in Part 2—

(i) in paragraph 1, by the substitution of “the State or in a state or place other than the State” for “the State, in a Member State or in the United Kingdom”,

(ii) in paragraph 2, by the substitution of “the State or in a state or place other than the State” for “the State, in a Member State or in the United Kingdom”,

(iii) in paragraph 3, by the substitution of “the State or in a state or place other than the State” for “the State, in a Member State or in the United Kingdom”, and

(iv) in paragraph 4, by the substitution of “state or place other than the State” for “Member State or in the United Kingdom”.

(2) The amendments effected by subsection (1) shall apply only to causes of action accruing on or after the date of the coming into operation of this section.