PART 4MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL

Protection from defamation

C1C248Privilege for certain publications

1

For the purposes of the law of defamation, any publication to which this section applies is absolutely privileged.

2

This section applies to—

a

publication by the Ombudsman of a report under this Act,

b

publication by the Ombudsman of any statement made in communication with any person, in connection with an investigation,

c

publication by a person aggrieved, in the course of communication with the Ombudsman, of any statement made by the person aggrieved in connection with an investigation,

d

publication by the Ombudsman of any other matter in the discharge of the Ombudsman's functions under this Act.

3

In this section "statement" has the meaning given in the Defamation Act 1996.