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Therapeutic Goods Act 2001
15Application of Commonwealth criminal laws to offences against applied provisions
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15 Application of Commonwealth criminal laws to offences against applied provisions
(1) The relevant Commonwealth laws apply as laws of Tasmania in relation to an offence against the applied provisions as if those provisions were a law of the Commonwealth and not a law of Tasmania.
(2) For the purposes of a law of Tasmania, 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 Tasmania.
(3) Subsection (2) has effect for the purposes of a law of Tasmania except as provided by the regulations.