Commission To Inquire Into Child Abuse Act, 2000

Privilege.

17.—(1) Utterances made by a member of the Commission or a Committee, a member of the staff of the Commission, a person conducting an examination pursuant to section 14 (5), an inquiry officer or an adviser to the Commission or a Committee, for the purposes of the performance of the functions of the Commission or a Committee, shall be absolutely privileged and such utterances and documents prepared by the Commission or a Committee or any of the other persons aforesaid for the purposes of such performance and reports of the Commission or a Committee, shall be absolutely privileged wherever and however published.

(2) In subsection (1) references to the Commission include references to the commission to inquire into child abuse established pursuant to a decision of the Government made on 11 May, 1999.