Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

COOPERATIVES ACT 2002 (REPEALED) - SECT 6

    (1)     A provision of this Act that provides to the effect that a person has qualified privilege in relation to something means that the person, in relation to the thing—

        (a)     has qualified privilege in a proceeding for defamation; or

        (b)     is not, in the absence of malice on the person's part, liable to an action for defamation.

    (2)     In subsection (1):

"malice" includes—

        (a)     ill will towards the person concerned; and

        (b)     any other improper motive.

    (3)     Nothing in this section or in a provision of a kind mentioned in subsection (1) limits or affects any right, privilege or immunity that a person has, apart from this section or such a provision, as defendant in an action, or other proceeding, for defamation.