Meaning of publicly display

In force

(1)

For the purposes of this Act, to publicly display a thing is to display it either—

(a)

in a public place; or

(b)

so that it is visible from a public place.

(2)

To publish a thing on the Internet is not to publicly display it for the purposes of this Act.

Example

Uploading an image to a social media website.

(3)

However, displaying a thing as described in subsection (1) is to publicly display it for the purposes of this Act even if the thing being displayed is an Internet publication.

Example

Displaying, on a screen in a public place, an image as published on a social media website.

S. 8B inserted by No. 37/2024 s. 20.

This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandum Second reading speech

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8A Meaning of publicly display