PERSONAL INJURIES PROCEEDINGS ACT 2002 - SECT 63 Definitions for pt 1
PERSONAL INJURIES PROCEEDINGS ACT 2002 - SECT 63
Definitions for pt 163 Definitions for pt 1
In this part—
"advertises personal injury services" see section 64 .
"allowable publication method" see section 65 .
"approved" includes accredited, authorised, employed, licensed, registered or
otherwise permitted to carry on activities.
"client" , of a law practice, includes a person who makes a genuine inquiry of
a law practice about a personal injury.
"convicted" includes being found guilty, and the acceptance of a plea of
guilty, by a court, whether or not a conviction is recorded.
"employment" includes self-employment.
"fee" includes the following—
(a) a bonus, commission, cash payment, deduction, discount, rebate, remission or other valuable consideration;
(b) employment, or an agreement to give employment, in any capacity.
"hospital" includes the following—
(a) any premises used for receiving, caring for or treating persons who are injured, sick or mentally ill;
(b) any premises used for providing a service for maintaining, improving or restoring a person’s health and wellbeing;
(c) any land or building occupied or used in connection with premises mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) .
Examples of a hospital—1 nursing home2 community health facility3 medical centre4 physiotherapist’s rooms5 dentist’s surgery6 hostel
"incorporated legal practice" see the Legal Profession Act 2007 , schedule 2 .
"law firm" see the Legal Profession Act 2007 , schedule 2 .
"law practice" see the Legal Profession Act 2007 , schedule 2 .
"legal practitioner director" see the Legal Profession Act 2007 , schedule 2 .
"legal practitioner partner" see the Legal Profession Act 2007 , schedule 2 .
"member" , of a law practice, means—
(a) if the law practice is a sole practitioner—the sole practitioner; or
(b) if the law practice is a law firm—each partner, and each employee of the law firm, who is a practitioner; or
(c) if the law practice is an incorporated legal practice—each legal practitioner director and each employee who is a practitioner of the incorporated legal practice; or
(d) if the law practice is a multi-disciplinary partnership—each legal practitioner partner and each employee who is a practitioner of the multi-disciplinary partnership.
"misconduct" means professional misconduct or unsatisfactory professional conduct as defined under the Legal Profession Act 2007 .
"multi-disciplinary partnership" see the Legal Profession Act 2007 , schedule 2 .
"potential claimant" means—
(a) a person who suffers, or may suffer, personal injury arising out of an incident; or
(b) another person who has or may have a claim in relation to a person mentioned in paragraph (a) .
"printed publication" includes a newspaper, magazine, journal, periodical or directory.
"prohibited person" means a person who, for the purpose of the person’s employment, is attending or attended the scene of an incident at or from which a person allegedly suffered personal injury or at a hospital after an incident at or from which a person allegedly suffered personal injury.
Example—a tow truck operator, police officer, ambulance officer, emergency services officer, doctor or hospital worker
"public place" means a place or vehicle that the public, or a section of the public, is entitled to use or that is open to, or is being used by, the public or a section of the public, whether on payment of money, through membership of a club or other body, or otherwise.
"sole practitioner" see the Legal Profession Act 2007 , schedule 2 .