Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010 - SECT 140J

             (1)  If:

                     (a)  an act or omission is an offence against this Act and is also an offence against an application law; and

                     (b)  the offender has been punished for the offence under the application law;

the offender is not liable to be punished for the offence against this Act.

             (2)  If a person has been ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty under an application law, the person is not liable to a pecuniary penalty under this Act in respect of the same conduct.