208Powers in relation to documents and other things

208 Powers in relation to documents and other things (1) A Commissioner or a person authorised by a Commissioner may— (a) inspect any document or other thing produced to the Commission of Inquiry; and (b) retain the document or other thing for as long as is reasonably necessary for the purposes of the inquiry; and (c) copy any document or other thing produced to the Commission of Inquiry necessary for the purposes of the inquiry. (2) If the retention of a document or other thing under subsection (1) ceases to be reasonably necessary for the purposes of its inquiry, the Commission of Inquiry, at the request of a person who appears to be entitled to the document or other thing, must cause the document or other thing to be delivered to the person unless it has been given to another person or body under section 219. (3) A reference in this section to the purposes of an inquiry includes a reference to the disclosure of information under section 219.