Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If:
(a) an act or omission is an offence against this Act and is also an offence against a corresponding State law; and
(b) the offender has been punished for the offence under the corresponding State law;
the offender is not liable to be punished for the offence under this Act.
(2) If a person has been ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty under a corresponding State law, the person is not liable to a pecuniary penalty under this Act in respect of the same conduct.