Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Bill [AS PASSED] CONTENTS Section RT 1 P A D EFAMATION Actionability and restrictions on bringing proceedings 1 Actionability of defamatory statements 2 Prohibition on public authorities bringing proceedings 3 Restriction on proceedings against secondary publishers 4 Power to specify persons to be treated as publishers Defences 5 Defence of truth 6 Defence of publication on a matter of public interest 7 Defence of honest opinion 8 Abolition of common law defences and transitional provision Absolute privilege 9 Contemporaneous reports of court proceedings Qualified privilege 10 Peer-reviewed statement in scientific or academic journal etc. 11 Other statements protected by qualified privilege 12 Privilege: transitional provision Offers to make amends to make amends 13 Offer 14 Acceptance and enforcement of offer to make amends 15 Offer to make amends: multiple persons responsible for statement 16 Rejection of unqualified offer to make amends 17 Rejection of qualified offer to make amends 18 Offers to make amends: transitional provision Jurisdiction 19 Actions against a person not domiciled in the UK SP Bill 61B Session 5 (2021) ii Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Bill Removal of presumption that proceedings are to be tried by jury 20 Removal of presumption that proceedings are to be tried by jury P ART 2 M ALICIOUS PUBLICATION Actionable types of malicious publication 21 Statements causing harm to business interests 22 Statements causing doubt as to title to property 23 Statements criticising assets General provision 24 Limit on requirement to show financial loss 25 Statements conveying two or more meanings 26...