DEFAMATION ACT 2005

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DEFAMATION ACT 2005 - NOTES

- As at 23 May 2012 - Act 77 of 2005

Reprint history:

Reprint No 1 23 November 2010

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Defamation Act 2005 No 77. Second reading speech made: Legislative Assembly, 13.9.2005; Legislative Council, 18.10.2005. Assented to 26.10.2005. Date of commencement, 1.1.2006, sec 2. This Act has been amended by cll 3-5 of Sch 4 to this Act and as follows:

2005	No 98	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2005. Assented to 24.11.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 2.14, assent, sec 2 (2).
2006	No 58	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006. Assented to 20.6.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 111	Aboriginal Land Rights Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 4.12.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 2.2, 1.7.2007, sec 2 and GG No 83 of 29.6.2007, p 3965.
2009	No 21	Racing Legislation Amendment Act 2009. Assented to 15.5.2009. Date of commencement, 1.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (293) LW 26.6.2009.
	No 49	NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009. Assented to 26.6.2009. Date of commencement, 1.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (305) LW 1.7.2009.
	No 53	Government Information (Information Commissioner) Act 2009. Assented to 26.6.2009. Date of commencement, 17.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (329) LW 17.7.2009.
	No 56	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. Assented to 1.7.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 2.12, 17.7.2009, sec 2 (2).
	No 119	Surveying Amendment Act 2009. Assented to 14.12.2009. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
2010	No 34	Health Practitioner Regulation Amendment Act 2010. Assented to 15.6.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.7.2010, sec 2 (2).
	No 84	Protected Disclosures Amendment (Public Interest Disclosures) Act 2010. Assented to 1.11.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 3.3.2011, sec 2 and 2011 (121) LW 3.3.2011.
2011	No 48	Public Sector Employment and Management Amendment (Ethics and Public Service Commissioner) Act 2011. Assented to 20.10.2011. Date of commencement, 1.11.2011, sec 2 and 2011 (558) LW 28.10.2011.

Table of amendments

Sec 24	Am 2005 No 98, Sch 2.14 [1].
Sec 32	Am 2005 No 98, Sch 2.14 [2].
Sec 48	Rep 2006 No 58, Sch 4.
Sch 1	Am 2005 No 77, Sch 4, cll 3 (2), 4 (2), 5 (2); 2006 No 111, Sch 2.2 [1]; 2009 No 21, Sch 3.2 [1] [2]; 2009 No 94, Sch 2.19; 2009 No 53, Sch 1.1; 2009 No 56, Sch 2.12; 2009 No 119, Sch 2.7; 2010 No 34, Sch 2.12 [1]; 2010 No 84, Sch 2.1 [1] [2]; 2011 No 48, Sch 2.2.
Sch 2	Am 2006 No 111, Sch 2.2 [2]; 2010 No 34, Sch 2.12 [2].
Sch 3	Am 2005 No 77, Sch 4, cll 3 (2), 4 (2); 2006 No 111, Sch 2.2 [3]; 2009 No 21, Sch 3.2 [3]; 2010 No 34, Sch 2.12 [3].
Schs 5, 6	Rep 2006 No 58, Sch 4.