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41 Powers of Commission in relation to documents or other things

(1) A Commission, a member, or a person authorised in writing by the presiding member, may: (a) inspect any documents or other things produced before, or delivered to, the Commission; and (b) retain the documents or things as long as reasonably necessary for the Commission’s investigation; and (c) copy matter that is contained in such a document and is relevant to the Commission’s investigation. (2) If the retention of a document or other thing by the Commission ceases to be reasonably necessary for the Commission’s investigation, the Commission must, if a person who appears to the Commission to be entitled to the document or thing requests, cause the document or thing to be delivered to that person. (3) Subsection (2) does not limit subsection 39(2).