It was signed into law, but Section 1.2 states that it will come into operation "on such day or days as the Minister may appoint, by order or orders". The Minister hasn't issued any such orders so it isn't in operation yet.
On 01/09/2009, ohlordy <[email protected]> wrote: > > new act was signed into law by president in July. new defences for > media, statute of limitations shortened, publication not now needed, > libel/slander now just defamation...fairly straight forward..i found a > good synopsis on A& L website... > > > > > On Sep 1, 1:11 pm, Wendy Lyon <[email protected]> wrote: > > The 2009 Act hasn't come into effect yet so you can still use the old > > law in a problem Q. > > > > > On 01/09/2009, nilomu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi guys, i dont know if this has been asked already but how would you > > > go about studying defamation with the new act?? i assume if its a > > > problem Q you'd apply the 2009 act but if its an essay Q about the new > > > changes you'd obviously bring in the 1961 act. would that be right???! > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FE-1 Study Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.ie/group/fe-1-study-group?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
