Investigations by the Ombudsman

Privilege for certain publications18

1

For the purposes of the law of defamation, any publication to which this Article applies shall be absolutely privileged.

2

This Article applies to—

a

the publication of any matter by the Ombudsman in making a report to the Assembly for the purposes of this Order;

b

the publication of any matter by a member of the Assembly in communicating with the Ombudsman or his officers for those purposes or by the Ombudsman or his officers in communicating with such a member for those purposes;

c

the publication by a member of the Assembly to the person by whom a complaint was made under this Order of a report or statement sent to the member in respect of the complaint in pursuance of Article 16(1);

d

the publication by the Ombudsman to such a person as is mentioned in paragraph (2) of Article 16 of a report sent to that person in pursuance of that paragraph.