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This order may be cited as the Defamation Order 2025 .
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This order sets the maximum monetary cap for defamation awards at $500,000, effective 1 July 2025 (s 3). It affects people bringing or defending defamation claims and their insurers by changing the ceiling courts must respect under the Defamation Act; the instrument changes the numeric limit and the timing but does not amend the Act’s substantive causes of action (ss 2–3).
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Direct links to the current provisions in Defamation Order 2025.
This order may be cited as the Defamation Order 2025 .
This order takes effect on 1 July 2025.
For the purposes of section 35(1) of the Defamation Act 2005 , the maximum damages amount that is to apply from 1 July 2025 is declared to be $500 000.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 25 June 2025
This order is administered in the Department of Justice.
Sourced from Tasmanian Legislation Online (legislation.tas.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
This order may be cited as the Defamation Order 2025 .
This order takes effect on 1 July 2025.
For the purposes of section 35(1) of the Defamation Act 2005 , the maximum damages amount that is to apply from 1 July 2025 is declared to be $500 000.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 25 June 2025
This order is administered in the Department of Justice.