Protection from defamation actions
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32.—(1) For the purposes of the law of defamation, any statement made in pursuance of the purposes of this Part—
(a)by the Commissioner shall have absolute privilege; and
(b)to the Commissioner shall have qualified privilege.
(2) In subsection (1), “statement” has the same meaning as in the Defamation Act 1996 (c. 31).