Section 261AKHMigration Act 1958 (Cth)

Destroying video recordings

A person commits an offence if:

(a) the person is the person who has day‑to‑day responsibility for the system under which a video recording is stored; and

(b) the person fails physically to destroy the recording, and all copies of the recording, within 10 years after it was made.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years, or 120 penalty units, or both.

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