Application of Commonwealth criminal laws to offences against applied therapeutic goods law

Current

(1)

In this section —

relevant Commonwealth criminal law means a law of the Commonwealth relating to a purpose referred to in section 18(2).

(2)

The relevant Commonwealth criminal laws apply as laws of the State in relation to an offence against the applied therapeutic goods law as if the applied therapeutic goods law were a law of the Commonwealth and not a law of the State.

(3)

For the purposes of a law of the State, an offence against the applied therapeutic goods law —

(a)

is taken to be an offence against the laws of the Commonwealth in the same way as if the applied therapeutic goods law were a law of the Commonwealth; and

(b)

is taken not to be an offence against the laws of the State.

(4)

Subsection (3) has effect for the purposes of a law of the State except as provided by the local regulations.

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19 Application of Commonwealth criminal laws to offences against applied therapeutic goods law