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Gene Technology (New South Wales) Act 2003
13No double jeopardy for offences against applied provisions
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13 No double jeopardy for offences against applied provisions
13 No double jeopardy for offences against applied provisions
If—
(a) an act or omission is an offence against both the applied provisions and an offence against the Commonwealth gene technology laws, and
(b) the offender has been punished for that offence under those Commonwealth laws,
the offender is not liable to be punished for the offence under the applied provisions.