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Regulatory and enforcement matters - Civil liability - Relationship between proceedings and orders

87: Only 1 pecuniary penalty order may be made for same conduct

You could also call this:

“You can only get one money punishment for breaking a rule, even if you broke many rules at once”

You should know that if someone does something wrong that breaks two or more rules, they can get in trouble for breaking any or all of those rules. However, they can only be ordered to pay one fine for that one thing they did wrong, even if it broke multiple rules. This is to make sure people aren’t punished more than once for the same action.

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Civil liability: Relationship between proceedings and orders

87Only 1 pecuniary penalty order may be made for same conduct

  1. If conduct by a person constitutes a contravention, an attempted contravention, or an involvement in the contravention of 2 or more provisions,—

  2. a proceeding may be brought against that person for the contravention, attempted contravention, or involvement in the contravention of any 1 or more of the provisions; but
    1. no person is liable to more than 1 pecuniary penalty order for the same conduct.