22Dealings with documents, &c., by authorised officer

22 Dealings with documents, &c., by authorised officer

(1)  An authorised officer who has taken possession under section 21(1)(b) of any document or record –

(a) is to sign for the document or record; and

(b) is to return the document or record immediately it is no longer required for any proceedings under this Act or a related Act.

(2)  A person who –

(a) is otherwise entitled to possession of a document or record retained by an authorised officer under subsection (1) ; and

(b) requests the authorised officer to be provided with a copy of the document or record –

is entitled to be provided as soon as practicable with a copy of that document, or record, that is a copy certified by the Director to be a true copy.

(3)  A certified copy provided under subsection (2) is to be received in all courts and elsewhere as evidence of the matters contained in that copy, as if it were the original.