Singapore legislation
Section 57
Section 57
Appointment of accredited representative, adviser and expert
(1)
Where an accident or incident occurs outside Singapore in a Contracting State and —
where Singapore is the State of Registry, State of the Operator, State of Manufacture or State of Design of the aircraft involved in the accident or incident; or
where Singapore, at the request of the Contracting State conducting the investigation, is requested to provide information, facilities or experts to that Contracting State in connection with the investigation,the Minister may appoint an accredited representative and one or more advisers to assist the accredited representative.
(2)
The Minister may also appoint an expert to participate in the investigation into an accident which occurs in another Contracting State where Singapore has a special interest in the accident by virtue of fatalities or injuries to citizens of Singapore.
(3)
The accredited representative and an adviser appointed by the Minister under subsection (1) may, for the purposes of the investigation in which they are participating, exercise such rights and powers of an Inspector in respect of any aircraft, records, information, documents, objects, witnesses or other evidence in Singapore or held by any person in Singapore specified in section 55.[14B