ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT (SHOWING AMENDMENTS MADE BY ACT 5/2003) Provided that the news agency may employ or use the services of a journalist referred to in subsection (4) for the duration of that journalist’s accreditation. 80 Abuse of journalistic privilege52 A journalist who abuses his or her journalistic privilege by publishing— (a) information which he or she intentionally or recklessly falsified in a manner which— (i) threatens the interests of defence, public safety, public order, the economic interests of the State, public morality or public health; or (ii) is injurious to the reputation, rights and freedoms of other persons; or (b) information which he or she maliciously or fraudulently fabricated; or (c) any statement— (i) threatening the interests of defence, public safety, public order, the economic interests of the State, public morality or public health; or (ii) injurious to the reputation, rights and freedoms of other persons; in the following circumstances— A. knowing the statement to be false or without having reasonable grounds for believing it to the true; and B. recklessly, or with malicious or fraudulent intent, representing the statement as a true statement; shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level seven or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years. 81 …53 82 Roll of journalists The Commission shall maintain a roll of all journalists and shall issue to every person whose name is entered in the roll, a certificate of accreditation in the prescribed form. 83 Prohibition against practice by, or in association with, unaccredited journalists (1) No person other than a accredited journalist shall practise as a journalist nor be employed as such or in any manner hold himself out as a journalist. 54 (2) No person who has ceased to be a accredited journalist as a result of the deletion of his name from the roll, or who has been suspended from practising as a journalist, shall, while his name is so deleted, or is so suspended, continue to practice directly or indirectly as a journalist, whether by himself or in partnership or association with any other person, nor shall he, except with the written consent of the Commission, be employed in any capacity whatsoever connected with the journalistic profession. 52 Section substituted by s. 18 of Act 5/2003. 53 Section repealed by s. 19 of Act 5/2003. 54 Subsection amended by s. 25 of as read with Schedule to Act 5/2003. 37