The Civil Aviation (Investigation of Air Accidents and Incidents) Regulations 2018

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 General

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Meaning of “act of unlawful interference” and “victim”

   4. 4. Service of notices and other documents

   5. 5. Revocations

   6. 6. Amendment of the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013

   7. 7. Safety investigation authority and accident investigation authority

   8. 8. Objective of a safety investigation

   9. 9. Inspectors of Air Accidents

   10. 10. Power to investigate

   11. 11. Obligation to investigate accidents and serious incidents occurring outside the United Kingdom

   12. 12. Additional provisions – Inspectors’ powers

   13. 13. An Investigating Inspector has the power to—

   14. 14. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), an Investigating Inspector may, on...

   15. 15. Release of evidence to owner

   16. 16. Notice of safety investigation report

   17. 17. Pre-publication copies of the final safety investigation report

   18. 18. Reopening of safety investigation

   19. 19. Amendments to the Civil Aviation Act 1982

3. PART 2 Contraventions

   1. 20. Failure to notify accident or serious incident

   2. 21. Obstruction

   3. 22. Any person who knowingly provides false or misleading information to...

   4. 23. Failure to comply with witness summons

   5. 24. Failure to preserve evidence

   6. 25. Failure to protect sensitive safety information

   7. 26. Unauthorised disclosure of information relating to a safety investigation

   8. 27. Failure to provide information on persons and dangerous goods on board an aircraft following an accident

   9. 28. Disclosure of information relating to persons on board an aircraft and persons to be contacted in the event of an accident

   10. 29. Penalties

4. Signature

5. Explanatory Note