New section 34 (1A)
before section 34 (1), insert
(1A) A council member, a member of the staff of the council or an authorised person may—
(a) inspect a document or other thing produced before, or delivered to, the council; and
(b) retain possession of the document or thing for the period necessary for the purposes of the inquiry to which the document or thing relates; and
(c) in the case of a document produced before, or delivered to, the council—make copies of, or take extracts from, the parts of the document that are relevant to a matter the subject of the inquiry.