Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020
sec.340Tampering with records or returns of operation
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sec.340 Tampering with records or returns of operation
A person must not, without reasonable excuse— deface, erase or obliterate an entry in a record or return of operations; or remove an entry from a record or return of operations; or modify an entry in a record or return of operations; or act in a way mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) in relation to a copy of a record or return of operations. Maximum penalty—120 penalty units. However, subsection (1) (d) does not apply in relation to the removal of an entry from a record book if— the entry is a page that is a copy of a return of operations; and the person gives the page to the chief executive. (sec.340-ssec.1) A person must not, without reasonable excuse— deface, erase or obliterate an entry in a record or return of operations; or remove an entry from a record or return of operations; or modify an entry in a record or return of operations; or act in a way mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) in relation to a copy of a record or return of operations. Maximum penalty—120 penalty units. (sec.340-ssec.2) However, subsection (1) (d) does not apply in relation to the removal of an entry from a record book if— the entry is a page that is a copy of a return of operations; and the person gives the page to the chief executive.
- (a) deface, erase or obliterate an entry in a record or return of operations; or
- (b) remove an entry from a record or return of operations; or
- (c) modify an entry in a record or return of operations; or
- (d) act in a way mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) in relation to a copy of a record or return of operations.
- (a) the entry is a page that is a copy of a return of operations; and
- (b) the person gives the page to the chief executive.