New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 45A - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES OF THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Subchapter 9 - GENERAL ADVERTISING
Section 13:45A-9.7 - Application of regulation
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) This subchapter shall apply to the following advertisements:
(b) An advertiser, a manufacturer, an advertising agency and the owner or publisher of a newspaper, magazine, periodical, circular, billboard or radio or television station acting on behalf of an advertising seller shall be deemed an advertiser within the meaning of this subchapter, when such entity prepares or places an advertisement for publication. No such entity shall be liable for a violation of this subchapter when the entity reasonably relies upon data, information or materials supplied by an advertising seller for whom the advertisement is prepared or placed or when the violation is caused by an act, error or omission beyond the entity's control, including but not limited to, the post-publication performance of the advertising seller. Notwithstanding that an advertisement has been prepared or placed for publication by one of the aforementioned entities, the advertiser on whose behalf such advertisement was placed may be liable for any violation of this subchapter.
(c) An advertiser has no liability under this subchapter for a failure to comply with any requirement thereof if the advertiser shows by a preponderance of evidence that failure to comply resulted from actions of persons other than the advertiser which were not, or should not have been reasonably anticipated by the advertiser; or that such failure was the result of a labor strike or a natural disaster such as, but not limited to, fires, floods and earthquakes.
(d) If any provisions of this subchapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held unconstitutional or beyond the statutory powers of the Attorney General, the remainder of this subchapter and the application of such provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected.