Western Australian Consolidated Acts

GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2006 - 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 in respect of the same conduct.