Western Australian Consolidated Acts

FATAL ACCIDENTS ACT 1959 - SECT 9

9 .         Where no executor or administrator or no action commenced within 6 months of death

        (1)         Where there is no executor or administrator of the deceased person, or where his executor or administrator does not bring an action under this Act within 6 months after the death of the deceased person, any one or more of the persons for whose benefit the action might be brought by the executor or administrator may bring the action.

        (2)         Any action so brought shall be for the benefit of that or those persons and is subject to the same provisions and procedure, as nearly as may be, as if it were brought by an executor or administrator.