Child Safe Organisations Act 2024
sec.103Person must not conceal, destroy etc. particular documents
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sec.103 Person must not conceal, destroy etc. particular documents
This section applies in relation to the following (each a relevant document )— a document containing information requested by an authorised officer under section 91 ; a document about an individual whose affairs are the subject of an investigation of a reportable allegation or reportable conviction under chapter 3 ; a document containing information requested by the commission in performing a function under chapter 2 or 3 . A person must not— conceal, destroy, mutilate or alter a relevant document; or send, cause to be sent or conspire with someone else to send out of the State a relevant document. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. It is a defence to a prosecution of an offence against subsection (2) for the defendant to prove that the defendant did not act with intent to defeat the purposes of chapter 2 or 3 or to delay or obstruct the carrying out of an investigation under chapter 3 or 6 . (sec.103-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to the following (each a relevant document )— a document containing information requested by an authorised officer under section 91 ; a document about an individual whose affairs are the subject of an investigation of a reportable allegation or reportable conviction under chapter 3 ; a document containing information requested by the commission in performing a function under chapter 2 or 3 . (sec.103-ssec.2) A person must not— conceal, destroy, mutilate or alter a relevant document; or send, cause to be sent or conspire with someone else to send out of the State a relevant document. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.103-ssec.3) It is a defence to a prosecution of an offence against subsection (2) for the defendant to prove that the defendant did not act with intent to defeat the purposes of chapter 2 or 3 or to delay or obstruct the carrying out of an investigation under chapter 3 or 6 .
- (a) a document containing information requested by an authorised officer under section 91 ;
- (b) a document about an individual whose affairs are the subject of an investigation of a reportable allegation or reportable conviction under chapter 3 ;
- (c) a document containing information requested by the commission in performing a function under chapter 2 or 3 .
- (a) conceal, destroy, mutilate or alter a relevant document; or
- (b) send, cause to be sent or conspire with someone else to send out of the State a relevant document.