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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commissioner-for-older-people-wales-act-2006/section-19",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/30",
  "legislation_title": "Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commissioner-for-older-people-wales-act-2006",
  "path": "section/19",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Protection against defamation",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of the law of defamation, the following are absolutely privileged—\n(a) the publication of a matter by the Commissioner in a report made under regulations made under section 15 or paragraph 8 of Schedule 1;\n(b) the publication in communications between the Commissioner and the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales or another ombudsman of a matter which the Commissioner is permitted to disclose to that ombudsman by virtue of subsection (3)(a) of section 18;\n(c) the publication in communications from the Commissioner to a person mentioned in subsection (3) of a matter in connection with an examination by the Commissioner into a case under regulations made under section 10.\n(2) For the purposes of the law of defamation, the publication in communications from a person mentioned in subsection (3) to the Commissioner of a matter in connection with an examination by the Commissioner into a case under regulations made under section 10 has qualified privilege.\n(3) The persons referred to in subsections (1)(c) and (2) are—\n(a) the person whose case is being examined;\n(b) a person whose conduct is the subject of the examination;\n(c) a person with whom the Commissioner is communicating for the purpose of obtaining information about the case; and\n(d) a person acting on behalf of a person falling within paragraphs (a) to (c).\n(4) In this section “other ombudsman” has the same meaning as in section 17.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/30/section/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:16.020982+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."
}