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Adoption of Children Act 1994
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73 Destruction of records
(1) A person must not, except in the performance of the person's
duties, or in the exercise of the person's powers or the performance
of the person's functions, under this Act, conceal, destroy or
remove a document that has come into the person's possession or
under the person's control in the performance of the person's duties
or in the exercise of the person's powers or the performance of the
person's functions under this Act.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
(2) This section does not apply if the Minister approves in writing the
destruction of a document.