SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 13 Minor and consequential amendments
Northern Ireland (Elections) Act 1998 (c.12)
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In Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland (Elections) Act 1998 (the Assembly), for paragraph 8 substitute—
8
1
For the purposes of the law of defamation, absolute privilege shall attach to—
a
the making of a statement in proceedings of the Assembly; and
b
the publication of a statement under the Assembly’s authority.
2
In this paragraph “statement” has the same meaning as in the Defamation Act 1996.