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125Retaining of documents by authorised officer etc.#
(1)An authorised officer of the ESOS agency for a registered provider, or a person covered by subsection (3) who has the authorised officer’s permission, may retain a document given to the authorised officer under this Division:
(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)However, the document must not be retained for longer than 60 days after the authorised officer was given the document.
Note: The authorised officer may apply to retain the document for a further period: see section 128.
(3)This subsection covers a person if the person is an employee of the same ESOS agency as the authorised officer.
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