(1) If a document or thing is produced to the National VET Regulator in accordance with a request under section 62, the Regulator:
(a) may take possession of, and may make copies of, the document or thing, or take extracts from the document; 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 proceedings.
(2) While the National VET Regulator retains the document or thing, the Regulator must allow a person who would otherwise be entitled to inspect the document or view the thing to do so at the times that the person would ordinarily be able to do so.