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Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002
sec.64Meaning of advertises personal injury services
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### sec.64 Meaning of advertises personal injury services
For this part, a practitioner or another person, whether or not the other person is acting for a law practice, advertises personal injury services if the practitioner or person publishes or causes to be published a statement that may reasonably be thought to be intended or likely to encourage or induce a person—
to make a claim for compensation or damages under any Act or law for a personal injury; or
to use the services of the practitioner, or a named law practice, in connection with the making of a claim mentioned in paragraph (a) .
It does not matter that the statement also relates to other matters.
For this section, a statement is published if it is—
published in a printed publication; or
disseminated by the exhibition or broadcast of a photograph, slide, film, video recording, audio recording or other recording of images or sound, either as a public exhibition or broadcast or as an exhibition or broadcast to persons attending a place for the purpose of receiving professional advice, treatment or assistance; or
broadcast by radio or for television; or
displayed on an Internet website or otherwise publicly disseminated by means of the Internet; or
publicly exhibited in, on, over or under any building, vehicle or place or in the air in view of persons in or on any street or public place; or
displayed on any document gratuitously sent or delivered to any person or thrown or left on premises occupied by any person or on any vehicle; or
displayed on any document provided to a person as a receipt or record for a transaction.
s 64 amd 2006 No. 24 s 10
(sec.64-ssec.1) For this part, a practitioner or another person, whether or not the other person is acting for a law practice, advertises personal injury services if the practitioner or person publishes or causes to be published a statement that may reasonably be thought to be intended or likely to encourage or induce a person— to make a claim for compensation or damages under any Act or law for a personal injury; or to use the services of the practitioner, or a named law practice, in connection with the making of a claim mentioned in paragraph (a) .
(sec.64-ssec.2) It does not matter that the statement also relates to other matters.
(sec.64-ssec.3) For this section, a statement is published if it is— published in a printed publication; or disseminated by the exhibition or broadcast of a photograph, slide, film, video recording, audio recording or other recording of images or sound, either as a public exhibition or broadcast or as an exhibition or broadcast to persons attending a place for the purpose of receiving professional advice, treatment or assistance; or broadcast by radio or for television; or displayed on an Internet website or otherwise publicly disseminated by means of the Internet; or publicly exhibited in, on, over or under any building, vehicle or place or in the air in view of persons in or on any street or public place; or displayed on any document gratuitously sent or delivered to any person or thrown or left on premises occupied by any person or on any vehicle; or displayed on any document provided to a person as a receipt or record for a transaction.
- (a) to make a claim for compensation or damages under any Act or law for a personal injury; or
- (b) to use the services of the practitioner, or a named law practice, in connection with the making of a claim mentioned in paragraph (a) .
- (a) published in a printed publication; or
- (b) disseminated by the exhibition or broadcast of a photograph, slide, film, video recording, audio recording or other recording of images or sound, either as a public exhibition or broadcast or as an exhibition or broadcast to persons attending a place for the purpose of receiving professional advice, treatment or assistance; or
- (c) broadcast by radio or for television; or
- (d) displayed on an Internet website or otherwise publicly disseminated by means of the Internet; or
- (e) publicly exhibited in, on, over or under any building, vehicle or place or in the air in view of persons in or on any street or public place; or
- (f) displayed on any document gratuitously sent or delivered to any person or thrown or left on premises occupied by any person or on any vehicle; or
- (g) displayed on any document provided to a person as a receipt or record for a transaction.