Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Corporations (Victoria) Act 1990 - SECT 29

Application of Commonwealth laws in relation to offences against applicable provisions

29. Application of Commonwealth laws in relation to offences against
applicable provisions



(1) The Commonwealth laws apply as laws of Victoria in relation to an offence
against the applicable provisions of Victoria as if those provisions were laws
of the Commonwealth and were not laws of Victoria.

(2) For the purposes of a law of Victoria, an offence against the applicable
provisions of Victoria-

   (a)  is taken to be an offence against the laws of the Commonwealth, in the
        same way as if those provisions were laws of the Commonwealth; and

   (b)  is taken not to be an offence against the laws of Victoria.

(3) Subsection (2) has effect for the purposes of a law of Victoria except as
prescribed by regulations under section 80.