# Education (Scotland) Act 2025, Section 50: Protection from actions of defamation

Extent: S

(1) For the purposes of the law of defamation any statement in a report published by the Chief Inspector has absolute privilege.
(2) In this section, “statement” has the same meaning as in the Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Act 2021.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/11/section/50 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-scotland-act-2025/section-50
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