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Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994
sec.36ALaw practice retained by claimant before notice of claim
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### sec.36A Law practice retained by claimant before notice of claim
This section applies if a law practice is retained by a claimant to act in relation to the claimant’s claim before the claimant has given notice of the claim under section 37 .
The supervising principal of the law practice must—
complete a law practice certificate for the claim; and
give the certificate to the claimant before the claimant gives notice of the claim under section 37 .
Maximum penalty—300 penalty units.
See also section 36C .
In this section—
claimant includes a potential claimant.
s 36A ins 2019 No. 36 s 6
(sec.36A-ssec.1) This section applies if a law practice is retained by a claimant to act in relation to the claimant’s claim before the claimant has given notice of the claim under section 37 .
(sec.36A-ssec.2) The supervising principal of the law practice must— complete a law practice certificate for the claim; and give the certificate to the claimant before the claimant gives notice of the claim under section 37 . Maximum penalty—300 penalty units. See also section 36C .
(sec.36A-ssec.3) In this section— claimant includes a potential claimant.
- (a) complete a law practice certificate for the claim; and
- (b) give the certificate to the claimant before the claimant gives notice of the claim under section 37 .