116Statutory manager has qualified privilege

116 Statutory manager has qualified privilege

(1) If a person who is or has been a statutory manager of a body corporate makes a statement, whether orally or in writing, in the course of performing or exercising any of the person’s functions and powers as a statutory manager of the body corporate, the person:

(a) has qualified privilege in proceedings for defamation in relation to that statement; and

(b) is not, in the absence of malice on the person’s part, liable to an action for defamation at the suit of a person in relation to that statement.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), malice includes ill will to the person concerned or any other improper motive.

(3) This section does not limit or affect any right, privilege or immunity that a person has, apart from this section, as defendant in proceedings, or an action, for defamation.