Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) If an officer has taken or required possession of any document or other record, the Secretary may retain that document or other record for so long as is necessary for the purposes of this Act.
(2) A person otherwise entitled to possession of a document or other record retained by the Secretary is entitled to be provided with a copy of it, certified by the Secretary to be a true copy, as soon as practicable after the person requests a copy.
(3) A certified copy of a document or other record referred to in subsection (2) is to be received in all courts and elsewhere as evidence of the matters contained in the copy as if it were the original.