# Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, Section 67: Protection from actions for defamation


Where, in compliance with a request for information, information supplied to a Scottish public authority by a third party is communicated by the authority, under section 1, to the applicant, the publication to the applicant of any defamatory matter contained in the information so supplied is privileged unless that publication is shown to have been made with malice.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/13/section/67 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-scotland-act-2002/section-67
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