s 17 Publication of false material
17.—(1) In this Act, “publication of false material” means — (a) the publication of online material that contains or consists of a false statement of fact about a person (called in this section the victim); and (b) that a reasonable person would conclude is likely to cause harm to the victim. (2) The following apply for the purposes of ascertaining whether online material contains or consists of a statement of fact which bears a particular meaning: (a) the statement is to be ascertained from a reasonable interpretation of the online material whether wholly or in part, and whether on its own or in the context in which it appears; (b) there can be more than one reasonable interpretation of the online material; (c) a statement of fact is a statement that a reasonable person seeing, hearing or otherwise perceiving it would consider to be a representation of fact.