Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Home Affairs Secretary may take, and retain for as long as is necessary, possession of a document produced under section 315C.
(2) The person otherwise entitled to possession of the document is entitled to be supplied, as soon as practicable, with a copy certified by the Home Affairs 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 Home Affairs Secretary must, at such times and places as he or she thinks appropriate, permit the person otherwise entitled to possession of the document, or a person authorised by that person, to inspect and make copies of the document.