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#### 191 Record‑keeping requirements—general
(1) The regulations or the legislative rules may require a person to:
(a) make a record of specified information, where the information is relevant to this Act; and
(b) retain:
(i) the record; or
(ii) a copy of the record;
for 7 years after the making of the record.
(2) If a person is subject to a requirement under regulations or legislative rules made for the purposes of subsection (1), the person must comply with that requirement.
Ancillary contraventions
(3) A person must not:
(a) aid, abet, counsel or procure a contravention of subsection (2); or
(b) induce, whether by threats or promises or otherwise, a contravention of subsection (2); or
(c) be in any way, directly or indirectly, knowingly concerned in, or party to, a contravention of subsection (2); or
(d) conspire with others to effect a contravention of subsection (2).
Civil penalty provisions
(4) Subsections (2) and (3) are civil penalty provisions.
> Note: Part 21 provides for pecuniary penalties for breaches of civil penalty provisions.
Other provisions do not limit this section
(5) This section is not limited by any other provision of this Act that relates to the keeping or retention of records.