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Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990
120Qualified privilege
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120 Qualified privilege (1) Subject to subsection (2), a communication of information relating to the credit-worthiness of any person made: (a) to a reporting agency or trader; or (b) to a trader by a reporting agency or another trader; is protected by qualified privilege. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply where information is communicated in contravention of an order under this Part.