39Inspection of documents and other items by Secretary and others

39 Inspection of documents and other items by Secretary and others

39 Inspection of documents and other items by Secretary and others

(1) The Secretary, an authorised officer or an investigator may inspect a document or any other item produced in accordance with a notice under section 38 and may make copies of, or take photographs of, or take extracts from, the document or item.

(2) For the purposes of this Act or the regulations, the Secretary, an authorised officer or an investigator may—

(a) take possession, and

(b) retain possession for as long as is necessary for those purposes,

of a document or item produced in accordance with a notice under section 38.

(3) A person who is otherwise entitled to possession of a document or item retained under this section is entitled to be supplied, as soon as practicable, with a copy certified by an authorised officer to be a true copy.

(4) In this section—

authorised officer means a person authorised in writing by the Secretary as an authorised officer for the purposes of this section.

ss 38–40: Am 2016 No 55, Sch 1.12 [2].