Part 5 – Miscellaneous Power to strike out certain claims Section 195: Meaning of "SLAPP" claim
This section contains the definition of a SLAPP claim that applies to Section 194. That definition, set out in subsection (1), requires that the claim is with respect to the exercise by the defendant of their right to freedom of speech on a matter related to economic crime and with the purpose of combating it and that the claimant has sought to misuse the justice system.
	Subsection 1(d) defines the misuse of the justice system as behaviour intended to cause harassment, alarm, distress, expense, or any other harm or inconvenience, beyond that which would ordinarily be encountered in properly conducted litigation. Subsections (4) and (5) set out matters relevant to the consideration of such behaviour.
	Subsection (2) excludes limitations of law with respect to the exercise of freedom of speech in consideration of the matters in subsections (1)(a) and (c) so as to avoid inadvertently frustrating the operation of the early dismissal procedure in Section 193
	Subsection (3) defines where the defendant’s exercise of their right to freedom of speech will have to do with economic crime for the purpose of subsection (1).
	Subsection (6) defines the meaning of economic crime for the purpose of Section 194.