MOTOR ACCIDENT INSURANCE ACT 1994 - SECT 75
Approach or contact for the purpose of making a claim
MOTOR ACCIDENT INSURANCE ACT 1994 - SECT 75
Approach or contact for the purpose of making a claim
75 Approach or contact for the purpose of making a claim
(1) A person (the
"first person" ) must not personally approach or contact another person (the
"second person" ) and solicit or induce the second person to make a claim.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—300 penalty units.
(2) For subsection (1)
, a person personally approaches or contacts another person if the person
specifically contacts that person, whether in person or by mail, telephone,
email or another form of electronic communication.
"consideration" means a fee or other benefit but does not include a gift,
other than money, or hospitality if the gift or hospitality has a value of
$200 or less.
"industrial organisation" means a federal organisation, or an organisation, as
defined under the Industrial Relations Act 2016, schedule 5 .
"legal services" means work done, or business transacted, in the ordinary
course of legal practice.