s 86 Tort of inauthentic material abuse
86.—(1) A person (X) must not make any communication that constitutes inauthentic material abuse by communicating material that X knew or had reasonable grounds to believe was inauthentic material of a victim. (2) If X contravenes subsection (1), the victim of the inauthentic material abuse may bring civil proceedings in a court against X. (3) In any proceedings mentioned in subsection (2), it is a defence for X to prove — (a) that X’s conduct was reasonable; or (b) that X had reasonable grounds to believe that the victim consented to the communication of the inauthentic material. (4) In this section —“inauthentic material” has the meaning given by section 16(2); “victim”, in relation to inauthentic material abuse, means the victim mentioned in section 16(1).