Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) For the purposes of this Division, a person is taken to assert a right to payment from another person if the person:
(a) makes a demand for the payment or asserts a present or prospective right to the payment; or
(b) threatens to bring any legal proceedings with a view to obtaining the payment; or
(c) places or causes to be placed the name of the other person on a list of defaulters or debtors, or threatens to do so, with a view to obtaining the payment; or
(d) invokes or causes to be invoked any other collection procedure, or threatens to do so, with a view to obtaining the payment; or
(e) sends any invoice or other document that:
(i) states the amount of the payment; or
(ii) sets out the price of unsolicited financial services; or
(iii) sets out the charge for an advertisement, for financial services, that has been published;
and does not contain a statement, to the effect that the document is not an assertion of a right to a payment, that complies with any requirements prescribed by the regulations.
(2) For the purposes of this section, an invoice or other document purporting to have been sent by or on behalf of a person is taken to have been sent by that person unless the contrary is established.