Parliament hasn’t yet published a text of the Crime and Courts Bill taking account of the recent Commons and Lords amendments dealing with press regulation. But seeing the provisions as they stand today may help discussion of the proposed system – which is widely misunderstood. So I’ve put together a version of the press regulation provisions, with what I think must be the current numbering.

There are a couple of things to note.

First, as I say, this takes account of the Lords amendments, agreed this week. They correct a drafting error, take a subsection out of clause 36 and add a paragraph to the Schedule to exempt small-scale blogs. No one should worry too much about the precise wording of paragraph 7A, by the way: it’s only intended as a Parliamentary device to allow the Commons to debate it and replace it with a proper exemption for blogs – it’s not actually intended to be law in itself.

Second, I’ve added a cross-heading above that paragraph – just to help readers identify it. (Actually, I’ve now realised the Lords have proposed putting that cross-heading in. Silly of me.)

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