26Secretary may retain documents

#### 26 Secretary may retain documents (1) The Secretary may take, and retain for as long as is necessary, possession of a document produced under subsection 23(2). (2) The carriage service provider otherwise entitled to possession of the document is entitled to be supplied, as soon as practicable, with a copy certified by the Secretary to be a true copy. (3) The certified copy must be received in all courts and tribunals as evidence as if it were the original. (4) Until a certified copy is supplied, the Secretary must, at such times and places as the Secretary thinks appropriate, permit the carriage service provider otherwise entitled to possession of the document, or a person authorised by that carriage service provider, to inspect and make copies of, or take extracts from, the document.