s 8 Common law rules on contempt
8.—(1) This Act prevails over any common law rule on contempt of court to the extent that the rule is inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Act.
(2) All defences at common law to contempt of court under this Act, not contained in this Act, are repealed.
(3) To avoid doubt, the common law rules on contempt of court continue in force except so far as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.
(4) To avoid doubt, the common law rules in this section refer to both the substantive and procedural common law rules on contempt.
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