The Crimes Legislation Amendment (Proceeds of Crime and Other Measures) Bill 2015 , on Monday 29.2.2016, received Royal Assent as Act No 15 of 2016.

It contains a range of measures to improve and clarify Commonwealth criminal justice arrangements, including amending the Criminal Code to insert 2 new offences of false dealing with accounting documents eg re alteration or destruction of an accounting document.

[APH website] [LTN 40, 1/3/16]