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126JDefinitions—div 3.10.1C
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126J Definitions—div 3.10.1C
In this division:
informant means a person who gives information to a journalist in
the normal course of the journalist’s work in the expectation that the
information may be published in a news medium.
journalist means a person who is engaged and active in the
publication of news and who may be given information by an
informant in the expectation that the information may be published in
a news medium.
news medium means a medium for the dissemination to the public or
a section of the public of news and observations on news.
Journalist privilege Division 3.10.1C