Part 2

Review of student complaints

Privilege in relation to law of defamation
17
1
For the purposes of the law of defamation, any proceedings relating to the review under the scheme of a qualifying complaint are to be treated as if they were proceedings before a court.
2
For those purposes, absolute privilege attaches to the publication of—
a
any decision or recommendation made under the scheme by a person responsible for reviewing a qualifying complaint, and
b
any report under paragraph 6 or 7 of Schedule 3.
3
In this section “the scheme” means the scheme for the review of qualifying complaints provided by the designated operator.
S. 17 in force for E. at 1.11.2004 by S.I. 2004/2781, art. 2
S. 17 in force for W. at 1.12.2004 by S.I. 2004/3144, Sch. Pt. 1