The Act Part 8 – Penalties Chapter 4 — Penalties Relating to Investigations Section 198 – Concealing, destroying etc. documents following information notice
236.This section provides that a person must not generally conceal, destroy or otherwise dispose of a document that is the subject of an information notice addressed to them, unless particular circumstances apply as set out in subsections (2) and (3). A person in breach of section 198 is liable to a penalty under section 195 on the grounds that the breach is deemed as a failure to comply with an information notice for the purposes of determining liability to the penalty.