31Protection from liability when access given

31 Protection from liability when access given If an agency (the access provider) gives access under this Act to a record of the agency— (a) an action for defamation or breach of confidence does not lie against the Territory, an agency, a public servant, or anyone else acting with the authority of the access provider, because of the giving of the access; and (b) an action for defamation or breach of confidence in relation to a publication involved in, or resulting from, the giving of the access does not lie against the author of the record or anyone else because of the author or the other person having given the record to an agency; and (c) the giving of the access is not, for a law about defamation or breach of confidence, an authorisation or approval of the publication of the record or its contents by the person to whom the access is given.

Part 3A Executive records—access and release Section 31A page 22 Territory Records Act 2002 Effective: 09/03/26 R25 09/03/26 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au Part 3A Executive records—access and release