New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 176E

176E Protection from liability for certain publications [NSW]

(1) A publication in good faith of a written statement of a decision made by a Council, a Committee or a Panel does not subject a protected person to any liability (including liability in defamation).

(2) In this section--

"protected person" means--

(a) a Council, a Committee or a Panel or a member of a Council, a Committee or a Panel; or

(b) the proprietor, editor or publisher of a newspaper; or

(c) the proprietor or broadcaster of a radio or television station or the producer of a radio or television show; or

(d) an Internet service provider or Internet content host; or

(e) a member of staff of, or a person acting at the direction of, a person or entity referred to in this definition; or

(f) a person, or a person belonging to a class of persons, prescribed by the NSW regulations for the purposes of this section.

Note--: This section is a New South Wales provision.