Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00466:section:40
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00466
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 40
Character Range: 70780–71969

40  Keeping records
 (1) A person who is registered under the scheme in relation to a foreign principal must keep records of the matters mentioned in subsection (2):
 (a) while registered under the scheme in relation to the foreign principal; and
 (b) until the end of 3 years after the registration ends.
Note: Certain conduct in relation to records is an offence (see subsection 58(3) and section 61).
 (1A) Despite subsection (1), a person is not required to keep any particular record for more than 10 years from the day the record was made.
 (2) The matters are the following:
 (a) registrable activities the person undertakes on behalf of the foreign principal;
 (b) benefits provided to the person by the foreign principal;
 (c) information or material forming part of any communications activity that is registrable in relation to the foreign principal;
 (d) any registrable arrangement between the person and the foreign principal;
 (e) other information or material communicated or distributed to the public or a section of the public in Australia on behalf of the foreign principal.

Part 4—Obtaining and handling scheme information

Division 1—Simplified outline of this Part