State Records Act 2000

A government organisation employee who does not keep a government record in accordance with the record keeping plan of the organisation, commits an offence.

A government organisation employee who, without lawful authority, transfers, or who offers to transfer, the possession of a government record to a person who is not entitled to possession of the record, commits an offence.

A government organisation employee who destroys a government record commits an offence unless the destruction is authorised by the record keeping plan of the organisation.

A person who destroys a government record while the record is the subject of a notice under section 52 or an application made, or order or warrant issued, under section 53, commits an offence.

A person who has unauthorised possession of a government record and who destroys that record, commits an offence unless the person owns the record.

It is a defence to a charge of an offence under subsection (2), (3), (4) or (5) to prove that the alleged act was done pursuant to —

a written law; or

an order or determination of a court or tribunal.

It is a defence to a charge of an offence under subsection (5) to prove that the person had no reasonable cause to suspect that the record was a government record.