Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to section 28, if a document or thing is produced to the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor in accordance with section 22 or 24, the Monitor:
(a) may take possession of, and 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 for the performance of the Monitor's functions under this Act.
(2) While the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor retains the document or thing, the Monitor must allow a person who would otherwise be entitled to possession of the document or thing, or a person authorised by that person:
(a) reasonable access to the document for the purposes of inspecting and making copies of, or taking extracts from, it; and
(b) reasonable access to the thing.