Obligation to retain financial records for 7 years
95 Obligation to retain financial records for 7 years
Requirement to retain financial records
A licensee that is required by this Division to make a financial record must retain it for 7 years after the transactions covered by the record are completed.
Civil penalty: 5,000 penalty units.
Regulations
The regulations may prescribe financial records to which subsection (1) does not apply.
Records to be kept even if person stops carrying on business
Financial records must be retained in accordance with this section, even if the person stops carrying on any business to which they relate.
Offence
A person commits an offence if:
the person is subject to a requirement under subsection (1); and
the person engages in conduct; and
the conduct contravenes the requirement.
Criminal penalty: 6 months imprisonment.
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