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GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2001 - SECT 18

No doubling-up of liabilities

    (1)     If—

        (a)     an act or omission is an offence against this Act and is also an offence against the Commonwealth Act; and

        (b)     the offender has been punished for the offence under the Commonwealth Act—

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

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


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