Part IIIE+W+S Racial Hatred

Supplementary provisionsE+W+S

26 Savings for reports of parliamentary or judicial proceedings.E+W+S

(1)Nothing in this Part applies to a fair and accurate report of proceedings in Parliament [F1or in the Scottish Parliament].

(2)Nothing in this Part applies to a fair and accurate report of proceedings publicly heard before a court or tribunal exercising judicial authority where the report is published contemporaneously with the proceedings or, if it is not reasonably practicable or would be unlawful to publish a report of them contemporaneously, as soon as publication is reasonably practicable and lawful.