Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) If this Act
provides that a person has qualified privilege for an act, matter or thing,
the person, in relation to the act, matter or thing —
(a) has
qualified privilege in proceedings for defamation; and
(b) is
not, in the absence of malice on the person’s part, liable to an action
for defamation at the suit of a person.
(2) In
subsection (1) —
malice includes ill-will to the person concerned
or any other improper motive.
(3) Neither this
section nor a provision of this Act that provides as mentioned in
subsection (1) limits or affects any right, privilege or immunity that a
person has, apart from this section or such a provision, as a defendant
in proceedings, or an action, for defamation.