65Inspection and retention of documents and provision of certified copies of documents

65  Inspection and retention of documents and provision of certified copies of documents

CEO may inspect and copy documents

 (1) The CEO may:

 (a) inspect a document produced under subsection 64(1); and

 (b) make and retain copies of the whole or a part of the document.

CEO may retain documents

 (2) The CEO may take possession of a document produced under subsection 64(1), and retain it for as long as is reasonably necessary.

Certified copies of documents

 (3) The person otherwise entitled to possession of a document produced under subsection 64(1) is entitled to be supplied, as soon as practicable, with a copy certified by the CEO to be a true copy.

 (4) The certified copy must be received in all courts and tribunals as evidence as if it were the original.

 (5) Until a certified copy is supplied, the CEO must provide the person otherwise entitled to possession of the document, or a person authorised by that person, reasonable access to the document for the purposes of inspecting and making copies of the document.