Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if a document or thing is produced to the Commissioner under this Act.
(2) The Commissioner:
(a) 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 for the purposes of:
(i) a corruption investigation or any other NACC Act process; or
(ii) any action taken as a result of a NACC Act process.
(3) While the Commissioner retains the document or thing, the Commissioner must allow a person who would otherwise be entitled to inspect the document or view the thing:
(a) to do so at all reasonable times; and
(b) to copy the document or thing.
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply if:
(a) possession of the document or thing by the person could constitute an offence; or
(b) inspecting or copying the document or thing (as the case requires) would compromise or damage the document or thing; or
(c) the Commissioner is satisfied that allowing the person to inspect the document or view the thing would prejudice:
(i) a corruption investigation or any other NACC Act process; or
(ii) any action taken as a result of a NACC Act process.