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Queensland
DEFAMATION
AMENDMENT BILL 1999
Queensland
DEFAMATION AMENDMENT BILL 1999
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Insertion of new s 15A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
15A Protection--communications to Minister, member of
Legislative Assembly or staff member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1999
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Defamation Act 1889
s1 4 s3
Defamation Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
title 2
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Defamation Amendment Act 1999. 3
amended 4
Act
Clause 2. This Act amends the Defamation Act 1889. 5
of new s 15A 6
Insertion
Clause 3. After section 15-- 7
insert-- 8
to Minister, member of Legislative 9
`Protection--communications
Assembly or staff member 10
`15A.(1) It is lawful for a constituent to publish defamatory matter to a 11
member of the Legislative Assembly or to a person who is a member of the 12
member's staff (a "staff member") if the publication is made without 13
malice. 14
`(2) It is lawful for a staff member to publish the defamatory matter to 15
the member if the publication is made without malice. 16
`(3) It is lawful for the member to publish the defamatory matter to a 17
Minister or to a staff member if the publication is made without malice. 18
`(4) In any proceeding about the publication of defamatory matter 19
mentioned in subsection (1), (2) or (3), the onus of proving the publication 20
was made with malice is for the party alleging it was made with malice. 21
`(5) In this section-- 22
"constituent" means a person ordinarily entitled to vote in the State.'. 23
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