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Contravening an offence provision or a civil penalty provision

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Division 2Application of this Act
Subdivision EGeneral rules about offences and civil penalty provisions

140 Contravening an offence provision or a civil penalty provision

(1)

This section applies if a provision of this Act provides that a person contravening another provision of this Act (the conduct provision) commits an offence or is liable to a civil penalty.

(2)

For the purposes of this Act, and the Regulatory Powers Act to the extent that it relates to this Act, a reference to a contravention of an offence provision or a civil penalty provision includes a reference to a contravention of the conduct provision.

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