Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation must keep written financial records that:
(a) correctly record and explain its transactions and financial position and performance; and
(b) would enable true and fair financial reports to be prepared and audited.
The obligation to keep financial records of transactions extends to transactions undertaken as trustee.
Penalty: 25 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
Note: Section 700-1 defines financial records .
Period for which records must be retained
(2) The financial records must be retained for 7 years after the transactions covered by the records are completed.
Penalty: 25 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
Strict liability offences
(3) An offence against subsection (1) or (2) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .