Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The provisions of
this Act are complementary to and not in derogation of the provisions of
any other law of the State.
(2) Without limiting
the generality of subsection (1), this Act shall not be construed so
as to prevent any person from being prosecuted under any other law of the
State for an offence punishable by this Act, or from being liable under any
other law of the State to any other or higher penalty or punishment than is
provided for the offence by this Act.
(3) Nothing in this
section affects the operation of section 11 of the Sentencing
Act 1995 .
(4) In this section
law of the State means an Act or any regulations, rules, local laws,
by-laws or statute having effect by virtue of an Act.
[Section 4 amended by No. 14 of 1996
s. 4; No. 78 of 1995 s. 67.]