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Defence and Veterans’ Service Commissioner Act 2026
59Destroying documents or things
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59 Destroying documents or things
A person commits an offence if:
(b) the conduct results in a document or thing being:
(i) concealed, mutilated or destroyed; or
(ii) rendered incapable of identification; or
(iii) in the case of a document, rendered illegible or indecipherable; and
(c) the document or thing is, or is likely to be, required by the Commissioner under a notice under section 31 or 33.