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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commissioner-for-older-people-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-22",
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  "legislation": "nia/2011/1",
  "legislation_title": "Commissioner for Older People Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commissioner-for-older-people-act-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "section/22",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Privilege for certain publications",
  "text": "For the purposes of the law of defamation, publication by the Commissioner of any matter which the Commissioner is required or authorised to publish under this Act is absolutely privileged.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 2-29: transfer of functions (8.5.2016) by The Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/76), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with art. 9(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 22 in operation at 1.12.2012 by S.R. 2012/388, art. 2(u)"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/1/section/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:00.127479+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}