Queensland Consolidated Acts

PERSONAL INJURIES PROCEEDINGS ACT 2002 - SECT 70

70 Meaning of claim referral

(1) A
"claim referral" is a referral of a claimant to a person for the purpose of—

(a) the person providing a service for the claimant; or

(b) someone other than the person providing a service for the claimant.

(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.

Examples of advertisement or promotion that is not a claim referral—

• an advertisement of services provided by a law practice on the website or in the newsletter of a sporting association or charity

• the distribution of promotional stationery or clothing that displays a law practice’s logo to members of an industrial organisation

(3) In this section—

"claimant" includes a potential claimant.

"service" , for a claimant, means a service related to the claimant’s claim.

Examples—

a legal service, a medical service