# Magistrate or ART member may order retention for further period

> act-s268BQ — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

268BQ Magistrate or ART member may order retention for further
        period
          (1) The magistrate or ART member may order that the officer who
              made the application under section 268BP may retain the
              document if the magistrate or ART member is satisfied that it is
              necessary for the officer to retain it:
               (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) The order must specify the period for which the officer may retain
              the document.

Subdivision C—Searching education providers’ premises