132Prohibited conduct by agents

#### 132 Prohibited conduct by agents 132 Prohibited conduct by agents (cf former s 148C) > > (1) The following conduct by an agent is prohibited conduct for the purposes of this Division— > > > > > (a) making a statement to a person, knowing that the statement is false or misleading in a material particular, for the purpose of encouraging the person or any other person to make a protected claim and to use (in connection with the protected claim) the services of the agent or of some other person from whom the agent receives any payment in connection with the protected claim, > > > > > (b) using information obtained by the agent in connection with a claim to contact any other person for the purpose of encouraging that other person to make a protected claim and to use (in connection with the protected claim) the services of the agent or of some other person from whom the agent receives any payment in connection with the protected claim, > > > > > (c) seeking to obtain information from a client of the agent for the purpose of using that information as described in paragraph (b), > > > > > (d) inducing or attempting to induce a client of the agent to encourage any other person to make a claim (whether or not it is a protected claim) and to use (in connection with the claim) the services of the agent or of some other person from whom the agent receives any payment in connection with the claim, > > > > > (e) making any unsolicited contact by telephone, personal approach or other prescribed means with a person who is not a client of the agent, for the purpose of encouraging the person to make a protected claim and to use (in connection with the protected claim) the services of the agent or of some other person from whom the agent receives any payment in connection with the protected claim, > > > > > (f) such other conduct as may be prescribed by the regulations as prohibited conduct for the purposes of this section. > > > (2) The regulations can specify circumstances in which conduct that would otherwise be prohibited conduct under subsection (1) is not to be regarded as prohibited conduct for the purposes of this Division. > > > (3) For the purposes of this Division, any conduct engaged in by a person on behalf of an agent, or that an agent has caused or procured the person to engage in, is taken to have been engaged in by the agent.