17E   Matters arising under the Greyhound and Harness Racing Administration Act 2004

There is a defence of absolute privilege:

(a)  for a publication in the course of an appeal under the Greyhound and Harness Racing Administration Act 2004, and

(b)  for a publication by the Greyhound and Harness Racing Appeals Tribunal or the Greyhound and Harness Racing Regulatory Authority in an official report of its decision in respect of any such appeal and of the reasons for that decision, and

(c)  for a publication in the course of proceedings in respect of an inquiry conducted by that Authority in the exercise of its regulatory functions (including the exercise of any such function by a steward of that Authority), and

(d)  for the publication by that Authority of a report it makes in respect of such an inquiry.