144ESRA may retain documents

#### 144 ESRA may retain documents Retention (1) ESRA may, for the purposes of this Act, take, and retain for as long as is necessary for those purposes, possession of a document produced under this Part. Certified copy (2) The person otherwise entitled to possession of the document is entitled to be supplied, as soon as practicable, with a copy certified by ESRA to be a true copy. Evidence (3) The certified copy must be received in all courts and tribunals as evidence as if it were the original. Access (4) Until a certified copy is supplied, ESRA must, at such times and places as ESRA thinks appropriate, permit the person otherwise entitled to possession of the document, or a person authorised by that person, to inspect and make copies of, or take extracts from, the document.