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235F: Payment of infringement fee
or “When you pay a fine for breaking a rule at work, the money goes to the government.”
You could also call this:

“You can't be fined twice for doing the same wrong thing at work.”

You cannot be made to pay both an infringement fee and a penalty for the same thing you did under this law. If you have done something wrong, you will only have to pay one of these, not both.

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or “Employees and employers can choose someone to speak for them in work-related matters”
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Part 11 General provisions
Infringement offences

235GInfringement fee and penalty not payable for the same conduct

  1. A person is not liable to pay an infringement fee and penalty under this Act for the same conduct.

Notes
  • Section 235G: inserted, on , by section 36 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 9).