66TEQSA may retain documents and things

#### 66 TEQSA may retain documents and things TEQSA may retain documents and things etc. (1) If a document (including a copy of a document), or a thing, is produced to TEQSA under section 63, TEQSA: (a) may take possession of, and may make copies of, the document or thing; and (b) may retain possession of the document or thing for such period as is necessary: (i) for the purposes of this Act; or (ii) for the purposes of an investigation to which the document or thing relates; or (iii) to enable evidence to be secured for the purposes of a prosecution or civil penalty proceeding. Access and certified copy to be provided (2) Subsections (3) to (5) apply to a document produced under paragraph 63(2)(b). (3) The person otherwise entitled to possession of the document is entitled to be supplied, as soon as practicable, with a copy certified by TEQSA 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, TEQSA must, at such times and places as TEQSA thinks appropriate, permit the person otherwise entitled to possession of the document, or a person authorised by that person, to inspect and make copies of, or take extracts from, the document.