Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)

Part 1 U.K. National Assembly for Wales

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 1 modified (16.2.2011) by Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1), ss. 13(5), 19(1)

Legal issues U.K.

42 Defamation U.K.

(1) For the purposes of the law of defamation—

(a) any statement made in Assembly proceedings, and

(b) the publication under the authority of the Assembly of any statement,

is absolutely privileged.

(2) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision for and in connection with establishing in any legal proceedings that any statement or publication is absolutely privileged by virtue of subsection (1).

(3) No regulations are to be made under subsection (2) unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing them has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Assembly.

(4) In this section “statement” has the same meaning as in the Defamation Act 1996 (c. 31).

Commencement Information

I1 Ss. 1-94, 97-106 in force immediately after "the 2007 election" by s. 161(1) (subject to s. 161(4)(5))