DEFAMATION ACT 2006 - SECT 9 No cause of action for defamation of, or against, deceased persons

DEFAMATION ACT 2006 - SECT 9

A person (including a personal representative of a deceased person) cannot assert, continue or enforce a cause of action for defamation in relation to:

        (a)     the publication of defamatory matter about a deceased person (whether published before or after his or her death); or

        (b)     the publication of defamatory matter by a person who has died since publishing the matter.