Part 2The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland

Particular functions

20Protection from actions of defamation

(1)

For the purposes of the law of defamation, any statement made in pursuance of any of sections 6, 7 to 10 and 18(1) of this Act by the Commission, or any of its employees, shall be privileged unless such statement is shown to be made with malice.

(2)

In this section—

“statement” has the same meaning as in the Defamation Act 1996 (c. 31); and

“employees” shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 7 of schedule 1 to this Act.