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AUSTRALIAN CONSUMER LAW AND FAIR TRADING ACT 2012 (NO. 21 OF 2012) - SECT 21

No doubling-up of liabilities

    (1)     If—

        (a)     an act or omission is an offence against the Australian Consumer Law (Victoria) 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 (Victoria).

    (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 pay a pecuniary penalty under the Australian Consumer Law (Victoria) in respect of the same conduct.

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CHAPTER 3—CONTRACTS



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