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Estate Agents Act 1980
98AOffence to destroy documents required by the Act
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98A Offence to destroy documents required by the Act
(1) A person must not destroy, conceal, mutilate or alter any document that the person is required to retain under this Act.
(2) It is a defence to a charge under subsection (1) if the person charged can establish that the destruction, concealment, mutilation or alteration of the document was not done with the intention of defeating the purposes of this Act.
S. 99 amended by No. 8/2003 s. 59(3) (ILA s. 39B(1)).