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ORGANISED CRIME
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constituting the organised crime activity in subsection (3)(a)(ii) (as the case may be), is also available to a person against whom the order is sought.

(5) A person required to attend before an authorised officer under subsection (2) must be given a reasonable opportunity to arrange for an advocate and solicitor to accompany the person.

(6) If any document is produced pursuant to an order under this section, an authorised officer may do any one or more of the following:

(a) retain the original document produced for as long as is necessary for the purposes of the proceeding or proposed proceeding;
(b) take copies of the document, or of extracts from the document;
(c) require the person producing the document to provide an explanation of the history, subject matter, and contents of the document and to answer any other questions that arise from that explanation and that the authorised officer has reason to believe may be relevant to the proceeding or proposed proceeding;
(d) if necessary, require the person producing the document to reproduce, or assist an authorised officer to reproduce, in a usable form, any information recorded or stored in the document.

(7) An order under subsection (2) or a requirement under subsection (6)—

(a) does not confer any right to require a person to supply items subject to legal privilege; but
(b) has effect despite any obligation as to secrecy or other restriction upon the disclosure of information imposed by written law or otherwise.

(8) A person is not excused from complying with an order under subsection (2) or a requirement under subsection (6) on the ground that—