The 2009 Act is not valid law until a commencement order is issued by the government and this could take a while! Knowledge of the new provisions would definitely earn you extra brownie points in the exam but apply the law as it is to a problem question.
On 2 Sep, 07:50, Wendy Lyon <[email protected]> wrote: > 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???!- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
