Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966
33HApplication of Commonwealth criminal laws to offences against applied provisions
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33H Application of Commonwealth criminal laws to offences against applied provisions
33H Application of Commonwealth criminal laws to offences against applied provisions
(1) The relevant Commonwealth laws apply as laws of New South Wales in relation to an offence against the applied provisions as if those provisions were a law of the Commonwealth and not a law of New South Wales.
(2) For the purposes of a law of New South Wales, an offence against the applied provisions—
(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
(b) is taken not to be an offence against the laws of New South Wales.
(3) Subsection (2) has effect for the purposes of a law of New South Wales except as provided by the regulations.
pt 4A, div 4 (ss 33G–33J): Ins 1996 No 2, Sch 1 [23].