(1)The Chief Inspector may arrange for any report of an inspection carried out by him under any provision of this Chapter (whether the report is required by any such provision or is otherwise made in pursuance of his functions under that provision) to be published in such manner as he considers appropriate.
(2)Without prejudice to the generality of—
(a)section 3(c), or
(b)subsection (1),
the Chief Inspector may arrange for a report to which that provision applies to be published by electronic means.
(3)For the purposes of the law of defamation any report published by the Chief Inspector under either of those provisions is privileged unless the publication is shown to have been made with malice.
(4)Subsection (3) does not limit any privilege subsisting apart from that subsection.