Privacy Act 1988

SCHEDULE 2 - STATUTORY TORT FOR SERIOUS INVASIONS OF PRIVACY  

Note: See section 94A .

PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS  

20   Deceased persons  

20(1)    
A person (including a personal representative of a deceased person) cannot assert, continue or enforce an action under this Schedule in relation to:

(a)    an invasion of the privacy of a deceased person (whether occurring before or after the deceased person ' s death); or

(b)    an invasion of privacy by a person who has died.

20(2)    
Nothing in this clause prevents the court, if it considers it in the interests of justice to do so, from determining the question of costs for proceedings discontinued because of this clause.