Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024
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Chapter 4 Miscellaneous (Part 5) | ||
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Qualified privilege for certain statements and publications | ||
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190. (1) A statement that, in the course of a discussion at a meeting of the Police Ombudsman, is made in any form and without malice by— | ||
(a) the Police Ombudsman, | ||
(b) the Deputy Police Ombudsman, | ||
(c) an officer of the Police Ombudsman, or | ||
(d) a person attending the meeting at the request of the Police Ombudsman, the Deputy Police Ombudsman or an officer of the Police Ombudsman, | ||
shall be privileged for the purposes of the law of defamation. | ||
(2) For the purposes of the law of defamation any subsequent publication without malice of a statement referred to in subsection (1) shall be privileged. | ||
(3) Where the statements in a document of, or in a report by, the Police Ombudsman, the Deputy Police Ombudsman or any officers of the Police Ombudsman are made without malice, any subsequent publication of the document or report is privileged for purposes of the law of defamation. | ||
(4) For the purposes of this section, a statement made by, or a document or report of, a person to whom a function is delegated under section 179 is deemed to be— | ||
(a) a statement made by the Police Ombudsman, or | ||
(b) a document of, or a report made by, the Police Ombudsman, | ||
if the statement, document or report, as the case may be, is connected with the performance of the delegated function. |