sec.164BProtection of body corporate and executive committee from liability for defamation

sec.164B Protection of body corporate and executive committee from liability for defamation

This section applies if— the executive committee publishes required material for a general meeting of the principal body corporate; and the required material contains defamatory matter. Each of the following is not liable for defamation because of the publication— the principal body corporate; the committee, or a member of the committee, other than a member of the committee who submitted the document containing the defamatory matter. In this section— member of the committee includes the body corporate manager acting under a delegation under section 165 (2) . prescribed motion means any of the following— a motion to give a member of the executive committee a notice under section 175B (1) ; a motion mentioned in section 175C (2) (a) to remove a member of the executive committee from office; a motion to give a letting agent a code contravention notice; a motion to require a letting agent to transfer the letting agent’s management rights for an approved scheme or part of an approved scheme under section 175N ; a motion to terminate a person’s appointment as a body corporate manager, engagement as a service contractor or authorisation as a letting agent under section 175Y . required material , for a general meeting of the principal body corporate, means any of the following required under this Act to be published for the meeting— a prescribed motion submitted other than by or for the executive committee for the general meeting; the substance of a prescribed motion mentioned in paragraph (a) ; notice of a prescribed motion mentioned in paragraph (a) or another document required to accompany the motion, prepared by the submitter of the motion. s 164B ins 2009 No. 26 s 39 (sec.164B-ssec.1) This section applies if— the executive committee publishes required material for a general meeting of the principal body corporate; and the required material contains defamatory matter. (sec.164B-ssec.2) Each of the following is not liable for defamation because of the publication— the principal body corporate; the committee, or a member of the committee, other than a member of the committee who submitted the document containing the defamatory matter. (sec.164B-ssec.3) In this section— member of the committee includes the body corporate manager acting under a delegation under section 165 (2) . prescribed motion means any of the following— a motion to give a member of the executive committee a notice under section 175B (1) ; a motion mentioned in section 175C (2) (a) to remove a member of the executive committee from office; a motion to give a letting agent a code contravention notice; a motion to require a letting agent to transfer the letting agent’s management rights for an approved scheme or part of an approved scheme under section 175N ; a motion to terminate a person’s appointment as a body corporate manager, engagement as a service contractor or authorisation as a letting agent under section 175Y . required material , for a general meeting of the principal body corporate, means any of the following required under this Act to be published for the meeting— a prescribed motion submitted other than by or for the executive committee for the general meeting; the substance of a prescribed motion mentioned in paragraph (a) ; notice of a prescribed motion mentioned in paragraph (a) or another document required to accompany the motion, prepared by the submitter of the motion.