Singapore legislation
Regulation 5
Regulation 5
Functions of designated person
Subregulation 1
A designated person’s functions in relation to the Tell Sarah scheme include the following:
providing the means by which reports of aviation safety matters may be made expeditiously to the designated person;
assessing and accepting reports of aviation safety matters;
dealing with reports in accordance with these Rules, including forwarding or destroying reports;
reviewing information contained in reports, and identifying issues and factors mentioned in, or arising from, reports that relate to aviation safety matters;
setting up and maintaining one or more databases for recording information contained in reports (each called a Tell Sarah database);
communicating issues and factors mentioned in sub‑paragraph (d) to the Authority;
protecting the following in the designated person’s possession or under the designated person’s control:
reports made under these Rules;
any protected information relating to those reports;
any Tell Sarah database,by making reasonable security arrangements to prevent unauthorised access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification, disposal or similar risks to those reports and protected information.
Subregulation 2
In addition, a designated person may, in the discharge of the designated person’s functions under these Rules, contact a reporter of a report to request the reporter to answer any question or furnish any further information about the report, and the aviation safety matter or purported aviation safety matter described in the report.
Subregulation 3
A designated person who intentionally or negligently contravenes rule 10, 11 or 12 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.