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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-survivors-northern-ireland-order-2006/article-9",
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  "legislation": "nisi/2006/2953",
  "legislation_title": "The Victims and Survivors (Northern Ireland) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-survivors-northern-ireland-order-2006",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Privilege for certain publications",
  "text": "For the purposes of the law of defamation, publication by the Commission of any matter which the Commission is required or authorised to publish under this Order shall be absolutely privileged.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in art. 9 substituted (23.5.2008) by Commission for Victims and Survivors Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 6), s. 1(4)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2006/2953/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:39:20.569893+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."
}