Legislative Assembly (Powers and Privileges) Act 1992

No action, suit or proceeding, civil or criminal, shall lie against a person for publishing a document or evidence published under an authority given in pursuance of section 9 or which shall be deemed to have been given by virtue of section 10.

In an action or prosecution commenced in respect of the publication of a document or evidence published under an authority given in pursuance of section 9 or which shall be deemed to have been given by virtue of section 10, the defendant may after giving to the plaintiff or prosecutor 24 hours notice of his or her intention to do so bring before the court in which the action or prosecution is pending a certificate under the hand of the Speaker or Clerk, stating that the document or evidence in respect of which the action or prosecution has been commenced was published or shall be deemed to have been published under that authority and the court shall thereupon stay the action or prosecution and may order the plaintiff or prosecutor to pay the defendant his or her costs of defence.

No action, civil or criminal, shall lie against an employee of the Assembly in respect of the publication, in the normal course of the employee's duties, to a member or any other person, of a document that has been laid before the Assembly or a committee or which shall be deemed to have been laid before the Assembly or a committee.

This section does not deprive a person of a defence that would have been available to the person if this section had not been enacted.