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Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) 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
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.