New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH CARE COMPLAINTS ACT 1993 - SECT 94C

94C Protection from liability for certain publications

(1) A publication in good faith under section 41A, 41B, 94A or 94B does not subject a protected person to any liability (including liability in defamation).

(2) In this section:
"protected person" means:

(a) the Commission or the Administrative Decisions Tribunal or a member of the Commission or Tribunal, or

(b) a professional council, assessment committee or tribunal established under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) or a member of any such council, committee or tribunal, or

(c) the proprietor, editor or publisher of a newspaper, or

(d) the proprietor or broadcaster of a radio or television station or the producer of a radio or television show, or

(e) an internet service provider or internet content host, or

(f) a member of staff of or a person acting at the direction of any person or entity referred to in this definition, or

(g) any person, or person belonging to a class of persons, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.