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WATER EFFICIENCY LABELLING AND STANDARDS ACT 2005 No. 4, 2005 - SECT 16

No doubling-up of liabilities
(1)
If:

(a) an act or omission is an offence against this Act and is also an offence against a law of a State or Territory; and
(b) the offender has been punished for the offence under the law of the State or Territory;

the offender is not liable to be punished for the offence under this Act.

(2)
If a person has paid, or been ordered to pay, a pecuniary penalty under a law of a State or Territory, the person is not liable to a pecuniary penalty under this Act in respect of the same conduct.



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