Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person who is required by a provision of this Chapter to keep a register in relation to a business carried on by the person must preserve it for 5 years after the day on which the last entry was made in the register.
Note: Failure to comply with this subsection is an offence (see subsection 1311(1)).
(2) A person who is required by a provision of this Chapter to keep any financial record in relation to a business carried on by the person must preserve it for 7 years after the transactions covered by the record are completed.
Note: Failure to comply with this subsection is an offence (see subsection 1311(1)).
Other records
(3) A person who is required by a provision of this Chapter or the regulations to keep any other record must preserve it for 5 years after the day on which the last entry was made in the record.
Note: Failure to comply with this subsection is an offence (see subsection 1311(1)).
Exceptions
(4) Registers and records must be preserved in accordance with this section (even if the person stops carrying on the business to which they relate during the period for which they must be preserved), unless:
(a) the regulations provide that those documents, or a class to which they belong, need not be preserved; and
(b) any conditions specified in or under those regulations have been complied with.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in this subsection. See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .