Legal Services Ombudsman Act 2009
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Privilege in respect of certain matters. |
18.— The following are absolutely privileged for the purposes of the law of defamation: | |
(a) the publication of any matter in a report by the Legal Services Ombudsman laid before either House of the Oireachtas for the purposes of this Act; | ||
(b) the publication by the Legal Services Ombudsman— | ||
(i) to a person mentioned in subsection (5) or (6) of section 22 of a notification sent to such person under either subsection, | ||
(ii) to a person mentioned in section 29 of a statement sent to such person under that section, | ||
(iii) to a person mentioned in subsection (4) of section 32 of a recommendation given to such person under that subsection, or | ||
(iv) to a person mentioned in subsection (6) of section 32 of a direction given to such person under that subsection. |