Co-operatives National Law (NSW)
619Qualified privilege
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619 Qualified privilege
619 Qualified privilege
(1) If this Law provides that a person has qualified privilege for an act, matter or thing, the person, in relation to the act, matter or thing—
(a) has qualified privilege in proceedings for defamation; 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.
(2) In subsection (1)—
malice includes ill-will to the person concerned or any other improper motive.
(3) Neither this section nor a provision of this Law that provides as referred to in subsection (1) limits or affects any right, privilege or immunity a person has, apart from this section or that type of provision, as a defendant in proceedings for defamation.