Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if—
(a) the executive committee publishes required material for a general meeting of the principal body corporate; and
(b) the required material contains defamatory matter.
(2) Each of the following is not liable for defamation because of the publication—
(a) the principal body corporate;
(b) the committee, or a member of the committee, other than a member of the committee who submitted the document containing the defamatory matter.
(3) In this section—
member of the committee includes the body corporate manager acting under a delegation under section 165(2).
prescribed motion means any of the following—
(a) a motion to give a member of the executive committee a notice under section 175B(1);
(b) a motion mentioned in section 175C(2)(a) to remove a member of the executive committee from office;
(c) a motion to give a letting agent a code contravention notice;
(d) a motion to require a letting agent to transfer the letting agent's management rights for an approved scheme or part of an approved scheme under section 175N;
(e) a motion to terminate a person's appointment as a body corporate manager, engagement as a service contractor or authorisation as a letting agent under section 175Y.
required material, for a general meeting of the principal body corporate, means any of the following required under this Act to be published for the meeting—
(a) a prescribed motion submitted other than by or for the executive committee for the general meeting;
(b) the substance of a prescribed motion mentioned in paragraph (a);
(c) notice of a prescribed motion mentioned in paragraph (a) or another document required to accompany the motion, prepared by the submitter of the motion.