DEVELOPMENT ALLOWANCE AUTHORITY ACT 1980 (ARCHIVE)

CHAPTER 2 - DEVELOPMENT ALLOWANCE  

PART 7 - DAA'S INFORMATION-GATHERING POWERS  

SECTION 80 (ARCHIVE)   HOW DAA MAY DEAL WITH DOCUMENTS ETC. PRODUCED BY ENTITY  

80(1)   [DAA's power]  

The DAA or an officer of the Department authorised in writing by the DAA may inspect, take extracts from, and make copies of, any document or copy produced or given to the DAA under section 79 .

80(2)   [Certified copy of document]  

The DAA may retain a certified copy of a document given in accordance with a request covered by paragraph 79(1)(c) .

80(3)   [Retention of document]  

The DAA may, for the purposes of this Act, take, and retain for as long as is necessary for those purposes, a document produced under paragraph 79(1)(b) .

80(4)   [Person entitled to certified copy]  

The person otherwise entitled to possession of the document is entitled to be supplied, as soon as practicable, with a copy certified by the DAA to be a true copy.

80(5)   [Certified copy as evidence]  

The certified copy must be received in all courts and tribunals as evidence as if it were the original.

80(6)   [Entitlement to inspect and copy]  

Until a certified copy is supplied, the DAA must, at such times and places as the DAA thinks appropriate, permit the person otherwise entitled to possession of the document, or a person authorised by that person, to inspect and makes copies of, or take extracts from, the document.