Victorian Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SERVICES REGULATION ACT 2021 (NO. 37 OF 2021) - SECT 300

    (1)     Proceedings for a civil penalty order against a person for the contravention of a civil penalty provision are stayed if—

        (a)     criminal proceedings are commenced or have already been commenced against the person for an offence; and

        (b)     that offence is constituted by conduct that is substantially the same as the conduct alleged to constitute the contravention.

    (2)     If a person referred to in subsection (1)—

        (a)     is not convicted of the offence—the proceedings for the civil penalty order may be resumed; or

        (b)     is convicted of the offence—the proceedings for the civil penalty order are dismissed.