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<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/25/section/59/3/2005-05-09" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/25/section/59/3" id="section-59-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>For the purposes of this section an assertion is published or included in a programme if the material published or included—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/25/section/59/3/a/2005-05-09" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/25/section/59/3/a" id="section-59-3-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>names the person about whom the assertion is made or, without naming him, contains enough to make it likely that members of the public will identify him as the person about whom it is made, and</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/25/section/59/3/b/2005-05-09" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/25/section/59/3/b" id="section-59-3-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>reproduces the actual wording of the matter asserted or contains its substance.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
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<Commentaries>
<Commentary id="c11040021" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
In its application to Northern Ireland, this section has effect subject to the modifications set out in Schedule 4; see
<CitationSubRef id="c00877" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/25/section/79" SectionRef="section-79">s. 79</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11040031" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/42" id="c00878" Year="1990" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="42">1990 c. 42</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
</Commentaries>
</Legislation>