Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Secretary may take, and retain for as long as is reasonably necessary, possession of a record produced under this Part.
(2) The person otherwise entitled to possession of the record is entitled to be supplied, as soon as practicable, with a copy certified by the Secretary to be a true copy.
(3) The certified copy must be received in all courts and tribunals as evidence as if it were the original.
(4) Until a certified copy is supplied, the Secretary must, at such times and places as the Secretary thinks appropriate, permit the person otherwise entitled to possession of the record, or a person authorised by that person, to inspect and make copies of the record.