Tasmanian Numbered Acts

DEFAMATION AMENDMENT ACT 2021 (NO. 16 OF 2021)

- Act 16 of 2021
- Royal Assent 12 November 2021

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Principal Act
   4.      Section 4 amended (Interpretation)
   5.      Section 9 amended (Certain corporations do not have cause of action
           for defamation)
   6.      Sections 10 and 10A inserted
   7.      Part 3, Division 1: Heading amended
   8.      Sections 12A and 12B inserted
   9.      Section 14 amended (When offer to make amends may be made)
   10.     Section 15 amended (Content of offer to make amends)
   11.     Section 18 amended (Effect of failure to accept reasonable offer to
           make amends)
   12.     Section 20A amended (Proceedings generally to be commenced within one
           year)
   13.     Sections 20AB , 20AC and 20AD inserted
   14.     Section 20B amended (Application of section 20A )
   15.     Section 20BA inserted
   16.     Section 21 amended (Election for defamation proceedings to be tried
           by jury)
   17.     Section 22 amended (Roles of judicial officers and juries in
           defamation proceedings)
   18.     Section 23 substituted
   19.     Section 26 substituted
   20.     Section 29A inserted
   21.     Section 30 amended (Defence of qualified privilege for provision of
           certain information)
   22.     Section 30A inserted
   23.     Section 31 amended (Defences of honest opinion)
   24.     Section 33 repealed
   25.     Section 35 amended (Damages for non-economic loss limited)
   26.     Section 44 amended (Giving of notices and other documents)
   27.     Section 48A inserted
   28.     Repeal of Act


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