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Surveyors Act 2003
sec.138Inspection of produced things
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### sec.138 Inspection of produced things
If a thing is produced to an investigator, whether under a notice under section 136 or otherwise, the investigator may inspect it.
If the investigator reasonably considers the thing may be relevant to the investigation being carried out by the investigator, the investigator may do all or any of the following—
photograph the thing;
for a document—make a copy of, or take an extract from it;
keep the thing while it is necessary for the investigation.
If the investigator keeps the thing, the investigator must allow a person otherwise entitled to possession of the thing—
for a document—to inspect, copy, or take an extract from, the document, at the reasonable time and place the investigator decides; or
for another thing—to inspect or photograph the thing, at the reasonable time and place the investigator decides.
(sec.138-ssec.1) If a thing is produced to an investigator, whether under a notice under section 136 or otherwise, the investigator may inspect it.
(sec.138-ssec.2) If the investigator reasonably considers the thing may be relevant to the investigation being carried out by the investigator, the investigator may do all or any of the following— photograph the thing; for a document—make a copy of, or take an extract from it; keep the thing while it is necessary for the investigation.
(sec.138-ssec.3) If the investigator keeps the thing, the investigator must allow a person otherwise entitled to possession of the thing— for a document—to inspect, copy, or take an extract from, the document, at the reasonable time and place the investigator decides; or for another thing—to inspect or photograph the thing, at the reasonable time and place the investigator decides.
- (a) photograph the thing;
- (b) for a document—make a copy of, or take an extract from it;
- (c) keep the thing while it is necessary for the investigation.
- (a) for a document—to inspect, copy, or take an extract from, the document, at the reasonable time and place the investigator decides; or
- (b) for another thing—to inspect or photograph the thing, at the reasonable time and place the investigator decides.