Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00548:section:16
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00548
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 16
Character Range: 21065–21600

16  No doubling‑up of liabilities
 (1) If:
 (a) an act or omission is an offence against this Act and is also an offence against a law of a State or Territory; and
 (b) the offender has been punished for the offence under the law of the State or Territory;
the offender is not liable to be punished for the offence under this Act.
 (2) If a person has paid, or been ordered to pay, a pecuniary penalty under a law of a State or Territory, the person is not liable to a pecuniary penalty under this Act in respect of the same conduct.