COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010 - SECT 140J No doubling - up of liabilities

COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010 - SECT 140J

  (1)   If:

  (a)   an act or omission is an offence against this Act and is also an offence against an application law; and

  (b)   the offender has been punished for the offence under the application law;

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

  (2)   If a person has been ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty under an application law, the person is not liable to a pecuniary penalty under this Act in respect of the same conduct.