Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Bill [AS AMENDED AT STAGE 2] 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 61A 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...