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Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002
sec.9CLaw practice retained by claimant after notice of claim
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### sec.9C Law practice retained by claimant after notice of claim
This section applies if a law practice is retained to act in relation to a claimant’s claim after the claimant has given notice of the claim under section 9 .
The supervising principal of the law practice in relation to the claim must within 1 month after the practice is retained—
complete a law practice certificate for the claim; and
give a copy of the law practice certificate to the respondent to the claim mentioned in section 12 (1) .
Maximum penalty—300 penalty units.
s 9C ins 2022 No. 13 s 44
(sec.9C-ssec.1) This section applies if a law practice is retained to act in relation to a claimant’s claim after the claimant has given notice of the claim under section 9 .
(sec.9C-ssec.2) The supervising principal of the law practice in relation to the claim must within 1 month after the practice is retained— complete a law practice certificate for the claim; and give a copy of the law practice certificate to the respondent to the claim mentioned in section 12 (1) . Maximum penalty—300 penalty units.
- (a) complete a law practice certificate for the claim; and
- (b) give a copy of the law practice certificate to the respondent to the claim mentioned in section 12 (1) .