Prohibition against paying, or seeking payment, for touting
68 Prohibition against paying, or seeking payment, for touting
A person must not pay, or seek payment of, a fee for the soliciting or inducing of a potential claimant to make a claim.Maximum penalty—300 penalty units.
However, a person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) only by—
if the person is not a law practice or a person acting for a law practice—advertising, in the ordinary course of the conduct of the person’s business as an advertiser or publisher, legal services about claims; or
if the person is a law practice or a person acting for a law practice—charging a potential claimant a fee for professional services provided to the potential claimant as part of making a claim.
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