Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011

An authorised person may require a person to make available for inspection by an authorised person, or to produce to the authorised person for inspection, at a reasonable time and place nominated by the authorised person—

a document issued to the person under this Act or required to be kept by the person under this Act; or

if a document or information required to be kept by a person under this Act is stored or recorded by means of a device—a document that is a clear written reproduction of the stored or recorded document or information.

A requirement under subsection (1) is a document production requirement.

For an electronic document, compliance with the document production requirement requires the making available or production of a clear written reproduction of the electronic document.

The authorised person may keep the document to copy it.

If the authorised person copies the document, or an entry in the document, the authorised person may require the person responsible for keeping the document to certify the copy as a true copy of the document or entry.

A requirement under subsection (5) is a document certification requirement.

The authorised person must return the document to the person as soon as practicable after copying it.

However, if a document certification requirement is made of a person, the authorised person may keep the document until the person complies with the requirement.