[48. Protection against certain actions---(1) Where any official
 information is made available in good faith pursuant to this Act,---
   (a) No proceedings, civil or criminal, shall lie against the Crown or
         any other person in respect of the making available of that
         information, or for any consequences that follow from the making
         available of that information; and
   (b) No proceedings, civil or criminal, in respect of any publication
         involved in, or resulting from, the making available of that
         information shall lie against the author of the information or
         any other person by reason of that author or other person having
         supplied the information to a Department or Minister of the
         Crown or organisation.


   (2) The making available of, or the giving of access to, any official
 information in consequence of a request made under this Act shall not be
 taken, for the purposes of the law relating to defamation or breach of
 confidence or infringement of copyright, to constitute an authorisation
 or approval of the publication of the document or of its contents by the
 person to whom the information is made available or the access is
 given.]

       This section was substituted for the original s. 48 by s. 21 of
     the Official Information Amendment Act 1987.