ABC Commissioner may keep documents

(1)

The ABC Commissioner may take possession of a document produced under section 52 and keep it for as long as is necessary for the purposes of conducting the investigation to which the document is relevant.

Certified copy to be supplied to person entitled to document

(2)

The person otherwise entitled to possession of the document is entitled to be supplied, as soon as practicable, with a copy that is certified, by one of the following persons, to be a true copy:

(a) the ABC Commissioner;
(b) a Deputy ABC Commissioner;
(c) an ABC Inspector;
(d) a person referred to in subsection 25(1) or (3) who is assisting the ABC Commissioner.

Certified copy to be treated as original

(3)

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

Right to inspect and copy the original

(4)

Until a certified copy is supplied, the ABC Commissioner must, at such times and places as the ABC Commissioner considers appropriate, permit the person otherwise entitled to possession of the document (or a person authorised by that person) to inspect and make copies of all or part of the document.