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Work Health and Safety Act 2011
263Civil double jeopardy
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263 Civil double jeopardy
A court must not make an order against a person under section 259
(Proceeding for a contravention of a WHS civil penalty provision) for
contravention of a WHS civil penalty provision if an order has been
made against the person under a civil penalty provision under an Act
of the Commonwealth or a State in relation to conduct that is
substantially the same as the conduct constituting the contravention.
WHS civil penalty provisions Division 13.7