Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) An authorised officer, or another officer with an authorised officer's permission, may retain a document given to the authorised officer under this Subdivision:
(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 268BP.