Corporations Act 2001

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTORY  

PART 1.2 - INTERPRETATION  

Division 7 - Meaning of some other expressions  

SECTION 89   MEANING OF QUALIFIED PRIVILEGE  

89(1)    
Where this Act provides that a person has qualified privilege in respect of an act, matter or thing, the person:

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

(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;

as the case requires, in respect of that act, matter or thing.

89(2)    
In subsection (1) :

malice
includes ill will to the person concerned or any other improper motive.

89(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 defendant in proceedings, or an action, for defamation.