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Therapeutic Goods Act 2001
17No double jeopardy for offences against applied provisions
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17 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 therapeutic goods 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.