FAIR TRADING ACT 2010 - SECT 50
FAIR TRADING ACT 2010 - SECT 50
50 . No doubling-up of liabilities
(1) For the purposes
of this section, a person is convicted of an offence if a court finds the
person guilty of the offence, or accepts a plea of guilty of the offence,
whether or not a conviction is recorded.
(2) If an act or
omission is a contravention of a prescribed code of practice and is also an
offence against the Australian Consumer Law (WA) , and an order is made under
section 47 in respect of that contravention, the offender is not liable to be
punished for the offence against the Australian Consumer Law (WA) .
(3) If an act or
omission is a contravention of a prescribed code of practice and is also an
offence against the Australian Consumer Law (WA) , and the offender has been
convicted of the offence under the Australian Consumer Law (WA) , the offender
is not liable to have an order made against them under section 47.