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Fair Trading Act 1987
41No doubling-up of liabilities
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#### 41 No doubling-up of liabilities
41 No doubling-up of liabilities
> > (1) If—
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> > > (a) an act or omission is an offence against the Australian Consumer Law (NSW) and is also an offence against an application law of another participating jurisdiction, and
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> > > (b) the offender has been punished for the offence under the application law of the other jurisdiction,
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> > the offender is not liable to be punished for the offence against the Australian Consumer Law (NSW).
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> > (2) If a person has been ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty under the application law of another participating jurisdiction, the person is not liable to a pecuniary penalty under the Australian Consumer Law (NSW) in respect of the same conduct.
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> **s 41:** Ins 2010 No 107, Sch 1 \[24\].