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Competition Policy Reform (Queensland) Act 1996
sec.34No doubling-up of liabilities
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### sec.34 No doubling-up of liabilities
If—
an act or omission is an offence against the Competition Code of this jurisdiction and is also an offence against the Competition and Consumer Act or an application law of another participating jurisdiction; and
the offender has been punished for the offence under the Competition and Consumer Act or the application law of the other jurisdiction;
the offender is not liable to be punished for the offence against the Competition Code of this jurisdiction.
If a person has been ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty under the Competition and Consumer Act or the application law of another participating jurisdiction, the person is not liable to a pecuniary penalty under the Competition Code of this jurisdiction in respect of the same conduct.
s 34 amd 2010 No. 54 s 67 sch
(sec.34-ssec.1) If— an act or omission is an offence against the Competition Code of this jurisdiction and is also an offence against the Competition and Consumer Act or an application law of another participating jurisdiction; and the offender has been punished for the offence under the Competition and Consumer Act or the application law of the other jurisdiction; the offender is not liable to be punished for the offence against the Competition Code of this jurisdiction.
(sec.34-ssec.2) If a person has been ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty under the Competition and Consumer Act or the application law of another participating jurisdiction, the person is not liable to a pecuniary penalty under the Competition Code of this jurisdiction in respect of the same conduct.
- (a) an act or omission is an offence against the Competition Code of this jurisdiction and is also an offence against the Competition and Consumer Act or an application law of another participating jurisdiction; and
- (b) the offender has been punished for the offence under the Competition and Consumer Act or the application law of the other jurisdiction;