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BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY (IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY) ACT 2016 (NO. 87, 2016) - SECT 79

Power to keep records or documents

             (1)  If a record or document is produced to an authorised officer in accordance with this Division or Part 2 (examination notices), the authorised officer may:

                     (a)  inspect, and make copies of, the record or document; and

                     (b)  keep the record or document for any period that is necessary.

             (2)  While the authorised officer keeps a record or document, he or she must allow the following persons to inspect, or make copies of, the record or document at all reasonable times:

                     (a)  the person who produced the record or document;

                     (b)  any person otherwise entitled to possession of the record or document;

                     (c)  a person authorised by a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).

Certified copy to be supplied to person entitled to document

             (3)  A 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 inspector;

                     (d)  a member of staff referred to in subsection 30(1);

                     (e)  a person assisting the ABC Commissioner under section 31;

                      (f)  a person engaged as a consultant under section 32;

                     (g)  the Federal Safety Commissioner;

                     (h)  a Federal Safety Officer;

                      (i)  an APS employee assisting the Federal Safety Commissioner;

                      (j)  a person engaged as a consultant under section 42.

Treatment of certified copy

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

   



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