Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)

Part I U.K. The Scottish Parliament

Legal issues U.K.

41 Defamatory statements. U.K.

(1) For the purposes of the law of defamation—

(a) any statement made in proceedings of the Parliament, and

(b) the publication under the authority of the Parliament of any statement,

shall be absolutely privileged.

(2) In subsection (1), “statement” has the same meaning as in the M1 Defamation Act 1996.

Marginal Citations

M1 1996 c. 31.