Queensland Numbered Acts

CHILD SAFE ORGANISATIONS ACT 2024 - SECT 103

103 Person must not conceal, destroy etc. particular documents

(1) This section applies in relation to the following (each a
"relevant document" )—

(a) a document containing information requested by an authorised officer under section 91 ;

(b) a document about an individual whose affairs are the subject of an investigation of a reportable allegation or reportable conviction under chapter 3 ;

(c) a document containing information requested by the commission in performing a function under chapter 2 or 3 .

(2) A person must not—

(a) conceal, destroy, mutilate or alter a relevant document; or

(b) send, cause to be sent or conspire with someone else to send out of the State a relevant document.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(3) It is a defence to a prosecution of an offence against subsection (2) for the defendant to prove that the defendant did not act with intent to defeat the purposes of chapter 2 or 3 or to delay or obstruct the carrying out of an investigation under chapter 3 or 6 .