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Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003
sec.325QMeaning of claim referral
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### sec.325Q Meaning of claim referral
A claim referral is a referral of a claimant to a person for the purpose of—
the person providing a service for the claimant; or
someone other than the person providing a service for the claimant.
However, a claim referral does not include the advertisement or promotion of a service or person that results in a claimant using the service or person if the advertisement or promotion is made to the public or a group of persons.
an advertisement of services provided by a law practice on the website or in the newsletter of a registered industrial organisation to its members
the distribution of promotional stationery or clothing that displays a law practice’s logo to members of a registered industrial organisation
In this section—
claimant includes a potential claimant.
service , for a claimant, means a service related to the claimant’s claim.
a legal service, a medical service
s 325Q ins 2022 No. 13 s 60
amd 2024 No. 40 s 65 sch 1
(sec.325Q-ssec.1) A claim referral is a referral of a claimant to a person for the purpose of— the person providing a service for the claimant; or someone other than the person providing a service for the claimant.
(sec.325Q-ssec.2) However, a claim referral does not include the advertisement or promotion of a service or person that results in a claimant using the service or person if the advertisement or promotion is made to the public or a group of persons. an advertisement of services provided by a law practice on the website or in the newsletter of a registered industrial organisation to its members the distribution of promotional stationery or clothing that displays a law practice’s logo to members of a registered industrial organisation
(sec.325Q-ssec.3) In this section— claimant includes a potential claimant. service , for a claimant, means a service related to the claimant’s claim. a legal service, a medical service
- (a) the person providing a service for the claimant; or
- (b) someone other than the person providing a service for the claimant.
- • an advertisement of services provided by a law practice on the website or in the newsletter of a registered industrial organisation to its members
- • the distribution of promotional stationery or clothing that displays a law practice’s logo to members of a registered industrial organisation