{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-2000/section-74n1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-2000/section-74n1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/22",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-2000",
  "path": "section/74n1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "74",
  "heading": "Law of defamation: absolute privilege",
  "text": "For the purposes of the law of defamation a publication of a matter is absolutely privileged if—\n(a) the publication is made in the exercise of the functions of the Ombudsman under Chapters 3 and 4 of this Part;\n(b) the publication—\n(i) is made in communications with the Ombudsman or a person exercising a function of the Ombudsman, and\n(ii) is made for the purposes of, or in connection with, the Ombudsman's functions under Chapters 3 and 4 of this Part.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 74 and cross-heading substituted (5.5.2022) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 8 para. 5; S.I. 2022/98, art. 2(b) (with art. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/22/section/74n1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:52.095320+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."
}