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Marine Safety Act 1998
9HApplication of Commonwealth criminal laws to offences against applied provisions
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#### 9H Application of Commonwealth criminal laws to offences against applied provisions
9H Application of Commonwealth criminal laws to offences against applied provisions
> > (1) The relevant Commonwealth laws apply as laws of this State in relation to an offence against the applied provisions as if those provisions were a law of the Commonwealth and not a law of this State.
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> > (2) For the purposes of a law of this State, an offence against the applied provisions—
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> > > (a) is taken to be an offence against the laws of the Commonwealth, in the same way as if those provisions were a law of the Commonwealth, and
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> > > (b) is taken not to be an offence against the laws of this State.
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> > (3) Subsection (2) has effect for the purposes of a law of this State except as provided by the regulations made under this Part.
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> **s 9H:** Ins 2012 No 90, Sch 1 \[7\].