sec.47AAProtection of body corporate and executive committee from liability for defamation

### sec.47AA 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 47AB (1) . prescribed motion means any of the following— a motion to give a member of the executive committee a notice under section 47K (1) ; a motion mentioned in section 47L (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 a part of the resort under section 94K ; 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 94V . 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 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 47AA ins 2009 No. 26 s 85 (sec.47AA-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.47AA-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.47AA-ssec.3) In this section— member of the committee includes the body corporate manager acting under a delegation under section 47AB (1) . prescribed motion means any of the following— a motion to give a member of the executive committee a notice under section 47K (1) ; a motion mentioned in section 47L (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 a part of the resort under section 94K ; 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 94V . 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 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. - (a) the executive committee publishes required material for a general meeting of the principal body corporate; and - (b) the required material contains defamatory matter. - (a) the principal body corporate; - (b) the committee, or a member of the committee, other than a member of the committee who submitted the document containing the defamatory matter. - (a) a motion to give a member of the executive committee a notice under section 47K (1) ; - (b) a motion mentioned in section 47L (2) (a) to remove a member of the executive committee from office; - (c) a motion to give a letting agent a code contravention notice; - (d) a motion to require a letting agent to transfer the letting agent’s management rights for a part of the resort under section 94K ; - (e) 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 94V . - (a) a prescribed motion submitted other than by or for the committee for the general meeting; - (b) the substance of a prescribed motion mentioned in paragraph (a) ; - (c) notice of a prescribed motion mentioned in paragraph (a) or another document required to accompany the motion, prepared by the submitter of the motion.