Section 67C Protection from defamation claimsF1
For the purposes of the law of defamation, publication by the OfS of any notice, decision or report given or made in the performance of its functions is privileged unless the publication is shown to have been made with malice.
This is subject to section 67B.
See section 67A(6) for the meaning of references to decisions.
This section does not apply to the publication of—
a decision or recommendation made by the OfS under the scheme provided by virtue of Schedule 6A, or
a report under paragraph 12(1)(b) of that Schedule.
(See instead paragraph 13 of Schedule 6A.)
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Ss. 67A-67C and cross-headings inserted (28.6.2022) by Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022 (c. 21), ss. 33, 36(2)
- F2
S. 67C(3) inserted (1.9.2026 for specified purposes) by Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 (c. 16), s. 13(3), Sch. para. 6; S.I. 2026/654, reg. 2(4)(b)