National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009

CHAPTER 4 - REMEDIES  

PART 4-1 - CIVIL PENALTY PROVISIONS  

Division 3 - General provisions relating to civil penalty provisions  

SECTION 175   CIVIL DOUBLE JEOPARDY  

175(1)    
If a person is ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty under a civil penalty provision in relation to particular conduct, the person is not liable to be ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty under some other provision of a law of the Commonwealth in relation to that conduct.

Note:

A court may make other orders, such as an order for compensation, in relation to particular conduct even if the court has made a pecuniary penalty order in relation to that conduct (see section 184 ).


175(2)    


If a relinquishment order is made against a person under section 167C in relation to particular conduct, the person is not liable to a relinquishment order under the Corporations Act 2001 or the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 in relation to that conduct.

 

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