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Changes over time for: Cross Heading: Protection from defamation
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Point in time view as at 01/04/2016.
Changes to legislation:
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Public Services Ombudsman Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Cross Heading: Protection from defamation.
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Protection from defamationN.I.
Privilege for certain publicationsN.I.
48—(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.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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