23Obligations under repealed provisions continue to apply

23 Obligations under repealed provisions continue to apply

23 Obligations under repealed provisions continue to apply

(1) If a repealed provision continues to have effect, any liability or obligation imposed on a person by, under or in connection with a contravention of, that provision also continues to have effect.

(2) Accordingly, a person may incur liability for an offence under a repealed provision after the repeal of the repealed provision.

Note.

For example, a person could incur liability for an offence under section 58 (as in force before its repeal by the Biosecurity Act 2015) for a failure to comply with a direction given by an inspector before the repeal of section 50 even though that failure occurs after the repeal of section 50.

(3) However, a person cannot be found guilty of both an offence against this Act and an offence against the Biosecurity Act 2015 in respect of the same act or omission occurring on the same occasion.