EDUCATION SERVICES FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS ACT 2000 - SECT 125 Retaining of documents by authorised officer etc.
EDUCATION SERVICES FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS ACT 2000 - SECT 125
Retaining of documents by authorised officer etc.(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 lo nger 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.