# Minister may retain documents

> act-s26 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

26 Minister may retain documents
          (1) The Minister may, for the purposes of this Act, take, and retain for
              as long as is necessary for those purposes, possession of a
              document produced under this Division.
          (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 Minister 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 Minister must, at such times
              and places as the Minister 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, or take
              extracts from, the document.