Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002

For this part, a practitioner or another person, whether or not the other person is acting for a law practice, advertises personal injury services if the practitioner or person publishes or causes to be published a statement that may reasonably be thought to be intended or likely to encourage or induce a person—

to make a claim for compensation or damages under any Act or law for a personal injury; or

to use the services of the practitioner, or a named law practice, in connection with the making of a claim mentioned in paragraph (a).

It does not matter that the statement also relates to other matters.

For this section, a statement is published if it is—

published in a printed publication; or

disseminated by the exhibition or broadcast of a photograph, slide, film, video recording, audio recording or other recording of images or sound, either as a public exhibition or broadcast or as an exhibition or broadcast to persons attending a place for the purpose of receiving professional advice, treatment or assistance; or

broadcast by radio or for television; or

displayed on an Internet website or otherwise publicly disseminated by means of the Internet; or

publicly exhibited in, on, over or under any building, vehicle or place or in the air in view of persons in or on any street or public place; or

displayed on any document gratuitously sent or delivered to any person or thrown or left on premises occupied by any person or on any vehicle; or

displayed on any document provided to a person as a receipt or record for a transaction.