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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 475 Liability for publicising disciplinary action

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 475

Liability for publicising disciplinary action

475 Liability for publicising disciplinary action

(1) No liability is incurred by a protected person in relation to anything done or omitted to be done in good faith for the purpose of—
(a) publicising disciplinary action taken against a person or relating to a law practice; or
(b) performing the functions or exercising the powers of the commissioner under this chapter; or
(c) keeping, publishing or enabling access to the discipline register.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1) , no liability, including liability in defamation, is incurred by a protected person publishing in good faith—
(a) information about disciplinary action—
(i) recorded in the discipline register; or
(ii) otherwise publicised by the commissioner under this part; or
(b) matter containing that information, or matter purporting to contain that information where the matter is incorrect; or
(c) a fair report or summary of that information.
(3) In this section—


"protected person" means—
(a) the State; or
(b) the commissioner; or
(c) a regulatory authority; or
(d) a person responsible for keeping a record about disciplinary action, or information about disciplinary action, under a corresponding law; or
(e) an internet service provider or internet content host; or
(f) a person acting at the direction of the State or any person or body mentioned in paragraphs (b) to (d) .