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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/historical-institutional-abuse-northern-ireland-act-2019/section-30",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2019/31",
  "legislation_title": "Historical Institutional Abuse (Northern Ireland) Act 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/historical-institutional-abuse-northern-ireland-act-2019",
  "path": "section/30",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Defamation: privilege",
  "text": "For the purposes of the law of defamation, publication of anything under this Part by the Commissioner is absolutely privileged.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 30 in force at 2.11.2020 by S.R. 2020/229, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/31/section/30",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:02:24.431281+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."
}