Limitation 25 32 Limitation of actions (1) Section 18A of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 (limitation of defamation and other actions) is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (1)— (a) after “defamation” insert “or under section 21, 22 or 23 of the 2020 Act (actionable 30 types of malicious publication)”, (b) for “3 years” substitute “one year”. (3) After subsection (1), insert— “(1A) Where— (a) a person publishes a statement to the public or to a section of the public 35 (“the first publication”), and 16 Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Bill Part 3 — General (b) the person subsequently publishes (whether or not to the public) the same statement or a statement that is substantially the same (“the subsequent publication”), any right of action against the person for defamation or under section 21, 22 5 or 23 of the 2020 Act in respect of the subsequent publication is to be treated as having accrued on the date...