Part VII Prohibition on Inclusion of Obscene and Other Material in Programme Services
Defamation
166 Defamatory material.
1
For the purposes of the law of libel and slander F2... the publication of words in the course of any programme included in a programme service shall be treated as publication in permanent form.
2
Subsection (1) above shall apply for the purposes of section 3 of each of the Defamation Acts (slander of title etc.) as it applies for the purposes of the law of libel and slander.
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5
Subsections (1) and (2) above do not extend to Scotland.