Co-operatives National Law (Queensland)
sec.619Qualified privilege
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sec.619 Qualified privilege
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— has qualified privilege in proceedings for defamation; and 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 subsection (1) — malice includes ill-will to the person concerned or any other improper motive. 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. (sec.619-ssec.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— has qualified privilege in proceedings for defamation; and is not, in the absence of malice on the person’s part, liable to an action for defamation at the suit of a person. (sec.619-ssec.2) In subsection (1) — malice includes ill-will to the person concerned or any other improper motive. (sec.619-ssec.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.
- (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.