BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT CERTIFIERS ACT 2018 - SECT 99
Taking possession of records to be used as evidence
BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT CERTIFIERS ACT 2018 - SECT 99
Taking possession of records to be used as evidence
99 Taking possession of records to be used as evidence
(1) If an authorised officer takes possession of any records under this Part
for the purpose of obtaining evidence or protecting evidence from destruction,
they may be retained by the Secretary until the completion of any proceedings
(including proceedings on appeal) in which they may be evidence.
(2) The
person from whom the records are taken must be provided, within a reasonable
time after the records are taken, with a copy of the records certified by an
authorised officer as a true copy.
(3) A copy of records provided under this
section is, as evidence, of equal validity to the records of which it is
certified to be a copy.
