Victorian Current Acts

LIMITATION OF ACTIONS ACT 1958 - SECT 23D

    (1)     Section 5 as amended by the Justice Legislation Amendment (Supporting Victims and Other Matters) Act 2020 applies in relation to the publication of defamatory matter after the commencement of that amendment.

    (2)     Subject to subsection (3), section 5A as inserted by the Justice Legislation Amendment (Supporting Victims and Other Matters) Act 2020 applies in relation to the publication of defamatory matter after the commencement of that section.

    (3)     Section 5A extends to a first publication before the commencement of that section, but only in respect of subsequent publications after the commencement.

    (4)     Section 23B as amended by the Justice Legislation Amendment (Supporting Victims and Other Matters) Act 2020 applies in relation to the publication of defamatory matter after the commencement of that amendment.

Heading preceding s. 24 substituted as Pt 2 Div. 3 (Heading) by No. 76/2004 s. 4(2)(c).

Division 3—Acknowledgment and part payment

No. 5914 s. 24.