Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) If this Act
provides that a person has qualified privilege for an act, matter or thing,
the person, in relation to the act, matter or thing —
(a) has
qualified privilege in proceedings for defamation; and
(b) is
not, in the absence of malice on the person’s part, liable to an action
for defamation at the suit of a person.
(2) In subsection (1)
—
malice includes ill-will to the person concerned
or any other improper motive.
(3) Neither this
section nor a provision of this Act that provides as 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 a defendant in proceedings, or
an action, for defamation.