3. Purpose of Act

The purpose of this Act is to maintain and improve transport safety by providing for —

the reporting of transport occurrences;

the conduct of investigations of transport occurrences and other matters affecting transport safety with a view to preventing similar occurrences in the future rather than to ascribe blame to any person;

the publication of investigation results; and

the regulation of the disclosure and admissibility of certain information obtained or derived from investigations under this Act into transport occurrences.