PUBLIC RECORDS ACT 2002 - SECT 53
Protection against actions for defamation or breach of confidence
PUBLIC RECORDS ACT 2002 - SECT 53
Protection against actions for defamation or breach of confidence
53 Protection against actions for defamation or breach of confidence
(1) This section applies if access is given to a public record under this Act.
(2) No action for defamation or breach of confidence lies against—
(a) the
State or an official because of the giving of the access; or
(b) the author
of the public record or another person because the author or other person
supplied the record to a public authority or the archives under a requirement
of this Act.
