Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) a Commonwealth record has been in existence for more than 15 years; and
(b) the person engages in conduct; and
(c) the person's conduct results in an addition to or an alteration of the record.
(1A) Strict liability applies to paragraph (1)(a).
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to anything done:
(a) as required by any law; or
(b) with the permission of the Archives or in accordance with a practice or procedure approved by the Archives.