No doubling‑up of liabilities
34 No doubling‑up of liabilities
If —
an act or omission is an offence against the Competition Code of this jurisdiction and is also an offence against the Trade Practices Act or an application law of another participating jurisdiction; and
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 Competition Code of this jurisdiction.
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 Competition Code of this jurisdiction in respect of the same conduct.
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