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Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Enforcement officers' powers and orders - Production orders

79: Copy of retained document to be given

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"Get a copy of your document if it's taken by an officer"

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If you produce an original document because of a production order, the enforcement officer must take a copy of it. They must give this copy to you as soon as possible after you produce the document. This happens when the enforcement officer keeps your original document, as allowed under section 78(1)(a).

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Production orders

79Copy of retained document to be given

  1. An enforcement officer who, in accordance with section 78(1)(a), retains an original document that is produced in compliance with a production order must, as soon as practicable after the document is produced, take a copy of the document and give the copy to the person who produced the original document in compliance with the production order.

Notes
  • Section 79: amended, on , by section 18 of the Budapest Convention and Related Matters Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 39).