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.