Legislation – Crime and Courts Act 2013
Part 1
The National Crime Agency
2 Modification of NCA functions
5 Relationships between NCA and other agencies: tasking etc
9 Director General: customs powers of Commissioners & operational powers
10 Operational powers of other NCA officers
12 Information: restrictions on disclosure etc
13 NCA officers with operational powers: labour relations
14 NCA officers with operational powers: pay and allowances
Part 2
Courts and Justice
17 Civil and family proceedings in England and Wales
18 Youth courts to have jurisdiction to grant gang-related injunctions
19 Varying designations of authorities responsible for remanded young persons
21 Deployment of the judiciary
22 Transfer of immigration or nationality judicial review applications
23 Permission to appeal from Upper Tribunal to Court of Session
24 Appeals relating to regulation of the Bar
25 Enforcement by taking control of goods
26 Payment of fines and other sums
27 Disclosure of information to facilitate collection of fines and other sums
28 Disclosure of information for calculating fees of courts, tribunals etc
29 Supreme Court chief executive, officers and staff
30 Supreme Court security officers
31 Making, and use, of recordings of Supreme Court proceedings
32 Enabling the making, and use, of films and other recordings of proceedings
33 Abolition of scandalising the judiciary as form of contempt of court
34 Awards of exemplary damages
36 Amount of exemplary damages
39 Awards of aggravated damages
41 Meaning of “relevant publisher”
42 Other interpretative provisions
43 Use of force in self-defence at place of residence
44 Dealing non-custodially with offenders
45 Deferred prosecution agreements
46 Restraint orders and legal aid
47 Restraint orders and legal aid: supplementary
48 Civil recovery of the proceeds etc of unlawful conduct
Part 3
Miscellaneous and general
51 Immigration cases: appeal rights; and facilitating combined appeals
52 Appeals against refusal of entry clearance to visit the
53 Restriction on right of appeal from within the United Kingdom
54 Deportation on national security grounds: appeals
55 Powers of immigration officers
60 Transitional, transitory or saving provision
61 Short title, commencement and extent
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 The NCA & NCA officers
SCHEDULE 2 The framework document & annual report
SCHEDULE 3 Relationships between NCA and other agencies
SCHEDULE 5 Police, customs and immigration powers
SCHEDULE 6 Inspections and complaints
SCHEDULE 7 Information: restrictions on disclosure
SCHEDULE 8 Abolition of SOCA and NPIA
SCHEDULE 9 Single county court in England and Wales
SCHEDULE 11 Transfer of jurisdiction to family court
SCHEDULE 12 Gang-related injunctions: further amendments
SCHEDULE 13 Judicial appointments
SCHEDULE 14 Deployment of the judiciary
SCHEDULE 15 Exclusions from definition of “relevant publisher”
SCHEDULE 16 Dealing non-custodially with offenders
SCHEDULE 17 Deferred prosecution agreements
SCHEDULE 18 Proceeds of crime: civil recovery of the proceeds etc of unlawful conduct
SCHEDULE 19 Proceeds of crime: investigations
SCHEDULE 21 Powers of immigration officers: further provision
SCHEDULE 22 Drugs and driving: minor and consequential amendments
SCHEDULE 23 Super-affirmative procedure
Changes to legislation:
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Part 2Courts and Justice
Publishers of news-related material: damages and costs
42Other interpretative provisions
(1)
This section applies for the purposes of sections 34 to 41.
(2)
“Approved regulator” means a body recognised as a regulator of relevant publishers.
(3)
For the purposes of subsection (2), a body is “recognised” as a regulator of relevant publishers if it is so recognised by any body established by Royal Charter (whether established before or after the coming into force of this section) with the purpose of carrying on activities relating to the recognition of independent regulators of relevant publishers.
(4)
“Relevant claim” means a civil claim made in respect of any of the following—
(a)
libel;
(b)
slander;
(c)
breach of confidence;
(d)
misuse of private information;
(e)
malicious falsehood;
(f)
harassment.
(5)
For the purposes of subsection (4)—
(a)
(b)
the reference to a claim made in respect of harassment is a reference to a claim made under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.
F3(5A)
In subsection (5)(a), “the UK GDPR” has the same meaning as in Parts 5 to 7 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3(10) and (14) of that Act).
(6)
The “material time”, in relation to a relevant claim, is the time of the events giving rise to the claim.
(7)
“News-related material” means—
(a)
news or information about current affairs,
(b)
opinion about matters relating to the news or current affairs, or
(c)
gossip about celebrities, other public figures or other persons in the news.
(8)
A relevant claim is related to the publication of news-related material if the claim results from—
(a)
the publication of news-related material, or
(b)
activities carried on in connection with the publication of such material (whether or not the material is in fact published).
(9)
A reference to the “publication” of material is a reference to publication—
(a)
on a website,
(b)
in hard copy, or
(c)
by any other means;
and references to a person who “publishes” material are to be read accordingly.
(10)
A reference to “conduct” includes a reference to omissions; and a reference to a person’s conduct includes a reference to a person’s conduct after the events giving rise to the claim concerned.