SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 Social rented sector: housing complaints

Absolute privilege for communications, &c.

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For 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.