Commentary on Sections Section 16: Consequential amendments and savings etc
82.Subsections (1) to (3) make consequential amendments to section 8 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 to reflect the new defences of truth and honest opinion. Section 8 of the 1974 Act applies to actions for libel or slander brought by a rehabilitated person based on statements made about offences which were the subject of a spent conviction.
83.Subsections (4) to (8) contain savings and interpretative provisions.