sec.68Prohibition against paying, or seeking payment, for touting

### sec.68 Prohibition against paying, or seeking payment, for touting A person must not pay, or seek payment of, a fee for the soliciting or inducing of a potential claimant to make a claim. Maximum penalty—300 penalty units. However, a person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) only by— if the person is not a law practice or a person acting for a law practice—advertising, in the ordinary course of the conduct of the person’s business as an advertiser or publisher, legal services about claims; or if the person is a law practice or a person acting for a law practice—charging a potential claimant a fee for professional services provided to the potential claimant as part of making a claim. s 68 amd 2006 No. 24 s 15 (sec.68-ssec.1) A person must not pay, or seek payment of, a fee for the soliciting or inducing of a potential claimant to make a claim. Maximum penalty—300 penalty units. (sec.68-ssec.2) However, a person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) only by— if the person is not a law practice or a person acting for a law practice—advertising, in the ordinary course of the conduct of the person’s business as an advertiser or publisher, legal services about claims; or if the person is a law practice or a person acting for a law practice—charging a potential claimant a fee for professional services provided to the potential claimant as part of making a claim. - (a) if the person is not a law practice or a person acting for a law practice—advertising, in the ordinary course of the conduct of the person’s business as an advertiser or publisher, legal services about claims; or - (b) if the person is a law practice or a person acting for a law practice—charging a potential claimant a fee for professional services provided to the potential claimant as part of making a claim.