Section 17 Privilege in relation to law of defamationI1 I2

(1)

For the purposes of the law of defamation, any proceedings relating to the review under the scheme of a qualifying complaint are to be treated as if they were proceedings before a court.

(2)

For those purposes, absolute privilege attaches to the publication of—

(a)

any decision or recommendation made under the scheme by a person responsible for reviewing a qualifying complaint, and

(b)

any report under paragraph 6 or 7 of Schedule 3.

(3)

In this section “the scheme” means the scheme for the review of qualifying complaints provided by the designated operator.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: S. 17 in force for E. at 1.11.2004 by S.I. 2004/2781, art. 2
I2: S. 17 in force for W. at 1.12.2004 by S.I. 2004/3144, Sch. Pt. 1

Section 17 Privilege in relation to law of defamationI1I2

Annotations

Commencement

Section 17 Privilege in relation to law of defamationI1 I2