Financial Advisers Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Accounts and Audit
57. Defamation
Feedback & supportAn auditor or employee of such auditor must not, in the absence of malice on his or her part, be liable to any action for defamation at the suit of any person in respect of —
auditor
“auditor” means a public accountant who is registered or deemed to be registered under the Accountants Act 2004;
any statement made orally or in writing in the discharge of his or her duties under this Part; or
the submission of any report to the Authority under section 53(1) or (2)(d) or 54(4).
Subsection (1) does not restrict or otherwise affect any right, privilege or immunity that, apart from this section, the auditor or his or her employee has as a defendant in an action for defamation.[53