Singapore legislation
Regulation 19
of Transport Safety Investigations (Aviation Occurrences) Regulations 2023
Regulation 19
Draft Final Report and Final Report
Subregulation 1
The Director must, as soon as possible after the completion of an investigation under the Act into an aviation occurrence, send a copy of the draft Final Report to each of the following Contracting States, inviting their significant and substantiated comments:
the State that instituted the investigation;
the Contracting States that participated in the investigation;
the following Contracting States, whether or not they participated in the investigation:
the State of Registry of the aircraft involved in the aviation occurrence;
the State of the Operator of the aircraft involved in the aviation occurrence;
the State of Design of the aircraft involved in the aviation occurrence;
the State of Manufacture of the aircraft.
Subregulation 2
If any comments on the draft Final Report are received by the Director within 60 days after the date on which the draft Final Report was sent out under paragraph (1), the Director must —
amend the draft Final Report to include the substance of the comments received; or
if desired by the Contracting State that provided the comments, append the comments to the Final Report.
Subregulation 3
If no comments on the draft Final Report are received by the Director within 60 days after the date on which the draft Final Report was sent out under paragraph (1), and no extension of time has been agreed upon with the Contracting State to whom it was sent, the Director must issue and send out the Final Report to the following parties:
the Contracting States referred to in paragraph (1)(a), (b) and (c);
any Contracting State which has a special interest in the aviation occurrence investigated;
any Contracting State that provided relevant information, significant facilities or experts for the purposes of the investigation;
the ICAO, where the aircraft involved in the aviation occurrence has an MCTOM exceeding 2,250 kg.
Subregulation 4
In addition to paragraphs (1), (2) and (3), the Director must, as soon as possible after the completion of an investigation into an aviation occurrence, send to the ICAO —
the Accident Data Report, where the aviation occurrence involves an aircraft with an MCTOM exceeding 2,250 kg; and
if applicable, the Incident Data Report, where the aviation occurrence involves an aircraft with an MCTOM exceeding 5,700 kg.
Subregulation 5
In paragraph (4), “Accident Data Report” and “Incident Data Report” mean the Accident Data Report and Incident Data Report referred to in Annex 13 to the Chicago Convention.