Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) An authorised officer of the ESOS agency for a registered provider, or a person covered by subsection (3) who has the authorised officer's permission, may retain a document given to the authorised officer under this Division:
(a) for the purposes of this Act; or
(b) for the purposes of an investigation as to whether an offence has been committed; or
(c) to enable evidence of an offence to be secured for the purposes of a prosecution.
(2) However, the document must not be retained for longer than 60 days after the authorised officer was given the document.
Note: The authorised officer may apply to retain the document for a further period: see section 128.
(3) This subsection covers a person if the person is an employee of the same ESOS agency as the authorised officer.