Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955

The Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955 (c. 11 (N.I.)) is an act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. This act makes similar provision for Northern Ireland as the Defamation Act 1952 which applies only to England, Wales and Scotland.

Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955^[1]

Parliament of Northern Ireland
Long title	An Act to amend the law relating to libel and slander and other malicious falsehoods.
Citation	1955 c. 11 (N.I.)
Dates
Royal assent	21 June 1955
Revised text of statute as amended

The power of the Northern Ireland parliament to make laws for purposes similar to the purposes of the 1952 Act derived from Section 15 of that law.

Section 1

This section was repealed by the Broadcasting Act 1990.

Section 3 - Slander of title, etc

See Malicious falsehood.

Section 4 - Unintentional defamation

This section was repealed by the Defamation Act 1996.

Section 7 - Qualified privilege of newspapers

This section was repealed by the Defamation Act 1996.

Section 8 - Extent of Law of Libel Amendment Act 1888 s.3

This section was repealed by the Defamation Act 1996.

Section 9 - Extension of certain defences to broadcasting

Sections 9(2) and (3) were repealed by the Defamation Act 1996.

See also

• Defamation Act