Queensland Legislation
Queensland
DEFAMATION AMENDMENT BILL 1999
DEFAMATION AMENDMENT BILL 1999
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
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15A Protection—communications to Minister, member of Legislative Assembly or staff member...................00.0. 4
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Defamation Act 1889
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Defamation Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts—
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Defamation Amendment Act 1999.
Act amended
2. This Act amends the Defamation Act 1889.
Insertion of new s 15A 3. After section 15—
insert—
'Protection—communications to Minister, member of Legislative
Assembly or staff member
"15A.(1) It is lawful for a constituent to publish defamatory matter to a
member of the Legislative Assemb
y or to a person who is a member of the
member's staff (a "staff member") if the publication is made without
malice.
"(2) It is lawful for a staff member to publish the defamatory matter to the member if the publication is made without malice.
"(3) It is lawful for the member to publish the defamatory matter to a
Minister or to a staff member if the
publication is made without malice.
"(4) In any proceeding about the publication of defamatory matter
mentioned in subsection (1), (2) or
(3), the onus of proving the publication
was made with malice is for the party alleging it was made with malice.
"(5) In this section—
"constituent" means a person ordinarily entitled to vote in the State.'.
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