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Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)

Chapter 4

Part 3 : Functions and Powers of Aviation Safety Investigation Board, Powers of Director of Investigations and Investigators, Notification of Aircraft Accidents and Aircraft Incidents by Departments and Attendance and Observers at Investigations

39. Notification of department of aircraft accident or aircraft incident and investigation by department

 

(1) Where a department is notified of an aircraft accident or aircraft incident in which such department has a direct interest and which the Aviation Safety Investigation Board has the power to investigate under this Act, that department must—
(a) forthwith provide the Aviation Safety Investigation Board with particulars of the aircraft accident or aircraft incident; and
(b) forthwith, after complying with paragraph (a), advise the Aviation Safety Investigation Board of any investigation that a department plans to conduct and of any remedial measures that a department plans to take.

 

(2) An investigator authorised by the Chairperson of the Aviation Safety Investigation Board may attend as an observer at an investigation conducted by a department referred to in subsection (1) or during the taking of remedial measures by that department following an aircraft accident or aircraft incident.

 

(3) Subject to any other Act the Aviation Safety Investigation Board must, on request, be provided with and may review and comment on any interim or final report prepared in respect of an investigation conducted by a department referred to in subsection (1)(b).