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WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 325Q

Meaning of claim referral

325Q 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 an industrial organisation to its members
• 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



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