C1Part 1F2Senedd Cymru
Pt. 1 modified (16.2.2011) by Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1), ss. 13(5), 19(1)
Legal issues
42I1Defamation
1
For the purposes of the law of defamation—
a
any statement made in F1Senedd proceedings, and
b
the publication under the authority of the F1Senedd 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 F1Senedd .
4
In this section “statement” has the same meaning as in the Defamation Act 1996 (c. 31).
Words in Pt. 1 heading substituted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(2)