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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.