Absolute privilege for communications, &c.E+W
9E+WFor the purposes of the law of defamation absolute privilege attaches to—
(a)any communication between a housing ombudsman under an approved scheme and any person by or against whom a complaint is made to him,
(b)any determination by such an ombudsman, and
(c)the publication of such a determination or any report under paragraph 8.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 9 wholly in force at 1.4.1997 see s. 232(1)-(3) and S.I. 1997/618, art. 2 (subject to the limitation in (2) of that art.)