Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00770:clause:1_3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00770
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 3
Character Range: 5019–5634

3  Subsection 24(1)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:

 (1) Subject to this Part, a person must not engage in conduct that results in:
 (a) the destruction or other disposal of a Commonwealth record; or
 (b) the transfer of the custody or ownership of a Commonwealth record; or
 (c) damage to or alteration of a Commonwealth record.

Penalty: 20 penalty units.

 (1A) For the purposes of an offence against subsection (1), strict liability applies to the physical element of circumstance of the offence, that the record is a Commonwealth record.

Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.