Singapore legislation
Section 56
Section 56
Securing of accident sites, etc.
(1)
Subject to subsection (2), where an accident or a serious incident occurs in Singapore —
no person other than the Chief Inspector of Accidents, an investigator in charge of the investigation into that accident or serious incident (called in this Part the investigator‑in‑charge) or an authorised person is to have access to the aircraft involved in the accident or serious incident, the contents of the aircraft or the site of the accident or serious incident; and
a person must not move or interfere with the aircraft, its contents or the site of the accident or serious incident except under the authority of the Chief Inspector of Accidents or the investigator‑in‑charge.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply if the conduct was necessary —
to extricate persons or animals from an accident site;
to remove any mail, valuable property or dangerous goods from the accident site;
to prevent destruction of any aircraft, the wreckage of an aircraft or other evidence by fire or other cause;
to move an aircraft, or the wreckage of an aircraft, to a safe place if the aircraft or wreckage is in water; or
to prevent any danger or obstruction to the public, air navigation or other transport.
(3)
In this section, “authorised person” —
means any person authorised by the Chief Inspector of Accidents or the investigator‑in‑charge either generally or specifically to have access to any aircraft involved in an accident or a serious incident, and includes any police officer or any officer of customs; and
in relation to an accident involving a military aircraft belonging to the Singapore Armed Forces, includes any person authorised by the Chief of Air Force.[14A