No doubling-up of liabilities

Current

(1)

If—

(a)

an act or omission is an offence against the New Tax System Price Exploitation

Code of this jurisdiction and is also an offence against the

Trade Practices Act or an application law of another participating jurisdiction; and

(b)

the offender has been punished for the offence under the Trade

Practices Act or the application law of the other jurisdiction, the offender is not liable to be punished for the offence against the

New Tax System Price Exploitation

Code of this jurisdiction.

(2)

If a person has been ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty under the

Trade Practices Act or the application law of another participating jurisdiction, the person is not liable to a pecuniary penalty under the

New Tax System Price Exploitation

Code of this jurisdiction in respect of the same conduct.

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