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GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2001 - SECT 18

18 No doubling-up of liabilities

(1) If—

(a) an act or omission is an offence against this Act and is also an offence against the Commonwealth Act; and
(b) the offender has been punished for the offence under the Commonwealth Act;

the offender is not liable to be punished for the offence under this Act.

(2) If a person has been ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty under the Commonwealth Act, the person is not liable to a pecuniary penalty under this Act for the same conduct.



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