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Character Range: 28967–31722

following records:
 (a) each application by the exporter for a government certificate in relation to prescribed wood or woodchips;
 (b) each other document:
 (i) that is made by the exporter or that comes into the exporter's possession; and
 (ii) that is relevant to showing whether the exporter has complied, or is complying, with the applicable requirements of the Act in relation to the export of prescribed wood or woodchips.
 (2) An exporter to whom a government certificate in relation to non‑prescribed wood or woodchips is issued under the Act must retain the following records:
 (a) the application by the exporter for the government certificate;
 (b) each other document:
 (i) that is made by the exporter or that comes into the exporter's possession; and
 (ii) that is relevant to showing whether the person has complied, or is complying, with the applicable requirements of the Act in relation to the non‑prescribed wood or woodchips in relation to which the government certificate was issued.
 (3) An exporter must retain each record referred to in subsection (1) or (2) for at least 5 years starting on the day the record is made by the exporter or comes into the exporter's possession (as the case may be).

11‑5  Records must not be altered or defaced during retention period
 (1) A record that is retained as required under this Part must not be altered or defaced during the period (the retention period) in which it is required to be retained.
 (2) However, subsection (1) does not prevent notations or markings being made on the record in accordance with ordinary practice.
 (3) If the record (the original record) is altered or defaced during the retention period, the person who is required to retain the original record must also retain, during the retention period, each document:
 (a) that the person creates or that comes into the person's possession; and
 (b) that shows how the original record was altered or defaced.

Part 2—Relevant Commonwealth liabilities

11‑6  Circumstances in which relevant Commonwealth liability of a person is taken to have been paid

Purpose of this section
 (1) For the purposes of section 431 of the Act, this section prescribes circumstances in which a relevant Commonwealth liability of a person is taken to have been paid for the purposes of either of the following provisions of the Act (a relevant provision):
 (a) paragraph 191(2)(b) (grant of export licence);
 (b) paragraph 199(3)(a) (variation of export licence).
Note: For relevant Commonwealth liability, see section 12 of the Act.

Payment undertaking may be given
 (2) A relevant Commonwealth liability of a person is taken to have been paid for the purposes of a relevant provision if:
 (a) the person, or another person, has given