# Housing Act 1996, Paragraph 9


For the purposes of the law of defamation absolute privilege attaches to—
(a) any communication between a housing ombudsman under an approved scheme and any person by or against whom a complaint is made to him,
(b) any determination by such an ombudsman, and
(c) the publication of such a determination or any report under paragraph 8.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/52/schedule/2/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996/schedule-2/paragraph-9
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