Air Navigation (Voluntary Reporting) Rules 2020 · As enacted · Part 4 · Accepting and Dealing with Reports
11. Handling report with false or misleading information
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If a designated person reasonably believes that, in making the report, the person who made it has committed an offence under section 86 of the Act, the designated person —
must not return the report, or any part of it, to the reporter or any other person; and
must not destroy the report, or any part of it,until a period of 2 years starting the date the report was made has expired.
If a prosecution for an offence under section 86 of the Act is started within the period mentioned in paragraph (1), the designated person must not destroy or return the report, or any part of it, that is required to be kept for the purpose of the prosecution until it is no longer required for that purpose.
Subregulation 1
If a designated person reasonably believes that, in making the report, the person who made it has committed an offence under section 86 of the Act, the designated person —
must not return the report, or any part of it, to the reporter or any other person; and
must not destroy the report, or any part of it,until a period of 2 years starting the date the report was made has expired.
Subregulation 2
If a prosecution for an offence under section 86 of the Act is started within the period mentioned in paragraph (1), the designated person must not destroy or return the report, or any part of it, that is required to be kept for the purpose of the prosecution until it is no longer required for that purpose.