3.  The following provisions of the Defamation Act 1996 shall come into force on 6th January 2010:

(a) sections 2, 3 (apart from subsection (9)) and 4 (offer to make amends);

(b) section 7 (meaning of statement);

(c) sections 8 to 11 (summary disposal of claims); and

(d) so far as they are not already in force, section 17(1) (interpretation), section 16 and Schedule 2 (repeals).