Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Competition Policy Reform (Victoria) Act 1995 - SECT 34

PART 6 MISCELLANEOUS

No doubling-up of liabilities

34. No doubling-up of liabilities



(1) If-

   (a)  an act or omission is an offence against the Competition Code of this
        jurisdiction and is also an offence against the Trade Practices Act or
        an application law of another participating jurisdiction; and

   (b)  the offender has been punished for the offence under the
        Trade Practices Act or the application law of the other jurisdiction-

the offender is not liable to be punished for the offence against the
Competition Code of this jurisdiction.

(2) If a person has been ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty under the
Trade Practices Act or the application law of another participating
jurisdiction, the person is not liable to a pecuniary penalty under the
Competition Code of this jurisdiction in respect of the same conduct.