SCHEDULES
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SCHEDULE 1 Qualified privilege
Sch. 1 extended (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 77(4)(a) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2789, art. 2
Part I Statements having qualified privilege without explanation or contradiction
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A fair and accurate report of proceedings in public of a legislature anywhere in the world.
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A fair and accurate report of proceedings in public before a court anywhere in the world.
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A fair and accurate report of proceedings in public of a person appointed to hold a public inquiry by a government or legislature anywhere in the world.
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A fair and accurate report of proceedings in public anywhere in the world of an international organisation or an international conference.
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A fair and accurate copy of or extract from any register or other document required by law to be open to public inspection.
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A notice or advertisement published by or on the authority of a court, or of a judge or officer of a court, anywhere in the world.
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A fair and accurate copy of or extract from matter published by or on the authority of a government or legislature anywhere in the world.
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A fair and accurate copy of or extract from matter published anywhere in the world by an international organisation or an international conference.
Sch. 1 repealed (S.) (8.8.2022) by Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Act 2021 (asp 10), ss. 35(3)(a), 39(2); S.S.I. 2022/154, regs. 1(2), 2