New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION ACT 2014 - SECT 155

155 Liability for publicising disciplinary action

(1) No liability is incurred by a protected person in respect of anything done, or omitted to be done, in good faith for the purpose of--

(a) publicising disciplinary action taken against a lawyer, or

(b) exercising the powers or functions of the NSW Commissioner or a Council under sections 151- 153, or

(c) keeping, publishing or enabling access to the Register of Disciplinary Action.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), no liability (including liability in defamation) is incurred by a person publishing in good faith--

(a) information about disciplinary action--

(i) recorded in the Register of Disciplinary Action, or

(ii) otherwise publicised by the NSW Commissioner or a Council under this Part,

or matter purporting to contain information of that kind where the matter is incorrect in any respect, or

(b) a fair report or summary of that information.

(3) In this section--

"protected person" means--

(a) the State, or

(b) the NSW Commissioner, or

(c) a Council, or

(d) a person responsible for keeping the whole or any part of the Register of Disciplinary Action, or

(e) an internet service provider or internet content host, or

(f) a member of staff of or a person acting at the direction of an authority of the State or any person or body referred to in this definition.