Application of Commonwealth criminal laws to offences against applied provisions

Current

(1)

The relevant Commonwealth laws apply as laws of this State in relation to an offence against the applied provisions as if those provisions were a law of the Commonwealth and not a law of this

State.

(2)

For the purposes of a law of this State, an offence against the applied provisions—

(a)

is taken to be an offence against the laws of the Commonwealth, in the same way as if those provisions were a law of the Commonwealth;

and

(b)

is taken not to be an offence against the laws of this

State.

(3)

Subsection (2) has effect for the purposes of a law of this State except as provided by the regulations under this

Act.

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11 Application of Commonwealth criminal laws to offences against applied provisions