Queensland Consolidated Acts

FAIR TRADING ACT 1989 - SECT 29

29 No doubling-up of liabilities

(1) If—

(a) an act or omission is an offence against the Australian Consumer Law (Queensland) and is also an offence against an application law of another participating jurisdiction; and

(b) the offender has been punished for the offence under the application law of the other jurisdiction;

the offender is not liable to be punished for the offence against the Australian Consumer Law (Queensland).

(2) If a person has been ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty under the application law of another participating jurisdiction, the person is not liable to a pecuniary penalty under the Australian Consumer Law (Queensland) in respect of the same conduct.