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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-commissioner-in-wales-standards-investigations-order-2001/article-5",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2001/2286",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Commissioner in Wales (Standards Investigations) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-commissioner-in-wales-standards-investigations-order-2001",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Law of Defamation",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of the law of defamation, any statement (whether written or oral) made by a designated officer in connection with the exercise of functions under Part III of the 2000 Act shall be absolutely privileged.\n(2) “designated officer” in paragraph (1) means any person designated in writing by a Local Commissioner.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2001/2286/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:16:26.685017+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."
}