20 Short title and saving.U.K.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Defamation Act 1996.
[F1(2)Nothing in this Act affects the law relating to criminal libel.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 20(2) repealed (E.W.) (12.1.2010) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(2)(e)(x), Sch. 23 Pt. 2 Notes 1, 2 (with s. 180) and s. 20(2) repealed (S.) (28.3.2011) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), s. 206(1), Sch. 7 para. 64; S.S.I. 2011/178, art. 2, Sch.