<section id="navPoint_216"><h5 id="v0-p-3550"><strong>39</strong><strong>  </strong><strong>Retention of documents</strong></h5><ul><li><span>(1)</span><p id="v0-p-3551">The Secretary may take, and retain for as long as is necessary, possession of a document produced under section 37.</p></li><li><span>(2)</span><p id="v0-p-3552">The entity otherwise entitled to possession of the document is entitled to be supplied, as soon as practicable, with a copy certified by the Secretary to be a true copy.</p></li><li><span>(3)</span><p id="v0-p-3553">The certified copy must be received in all courts and tribunals as evidence as if it were the original.</p></li><li><span>(4)</span><p id="v0-p-3554">Until a certified copy is supplied, the Secretary must, at such times and places as the Secretary thinks appropriate, permit the entity otherwise entitled to possession of the document, or a person authorised by that entity, to inspect and make copies of the document.</p></li></ul></section>