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Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Act 2010
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103 Double jeopardy
(1) A person may be punished only once in relation to the same failure to comply with a particular provision of this Act, even if the person is liable in more than one capacity.
(2) Despite subsection (1) , a person may be punished for more than one breach of a provision of this Act if the breaches relate to different parts of the same vehicle or of the same dangerous goods.