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Copyright Act 1994

Enforcement officers - Other powers of enforcement officers

134Z: Powers of enforcement officer to whom documents produced

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"What an enforcement officer can do with documents they are shown"

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If someone shows an enforcement officer a document to inspect, the officer can do a few things. They can look at the document. They can take parts of the information from the document. They can also make a copy of the document. This happens when the document is shown under an order made using section 134Y.

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Other powers of enforcement officers

134ZPowers of enforcement officer to whom documents produced

  1. An enforcement officer to whom any document is produced for inspection under an order under section 134Y may do 1 or more of the following:

  2. inspect the document:
    1. take extracts from the document:
      1. make copies of the document.

        Notes
        • Section 134Z: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Copyright Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 72).