Defamation Act 1974 No 18
Repealed version for 10 October 2005 to 31 December 2005 (accessed 26 May 2013 at 05:13)

33   Comment of servant or agent of defendant

(1)  Subject to sections 30 and 31, it is a defence as to comment that the comment is the comment of a servant or agent of the defendant.
(2)  A defence under subsection (1) as to any comment is defeated if, but only if, it is shown that, at the time when the comment was made, any person whose comment it is, being a servant or agent of the defendant, did not have the opinion represented by the comment.
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