Singapore legislation

Clause 51

of Transport Safety Investigations Bill

Clause 51

Amendment of Air Navigation Act

The Air Navigation Act (Cap. 6, 2014 Ed.) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the definitions of “Air Accident Investigation Bureau of Singapore” or “AAIB” and “Inspector of Accidents” or “Inspector” in section 2(1); (b)by deleting paragraphs (a) to (d) of the definition of “excluded information” in section 12 and substituting the following paragraphs:“(a)all statements (whether oral or in writing) obtained from persons by an investigator, or a staff member or consultant of the Transport Safety Investigation Bureau of Singapore in the course of an investigation or a preliminary assessment (including any record of such a statement) under the Transport Safety Investigations Act 2018;

(b)

all information recorded by an investigator, or a staff member or consultant of the Transport Safety Investigation Bureau of Singapore in the course of an investigation or a preliminary assessment under the Transport Safety Investigations Act 2018;

(c)

all communications with a person involved in the operation of an aircraft that is or was the subject of an investigation or a preliminary assessment under the Transport Safety Investigations Act 2018; (d)all medical or private information regarding persons (including deceased persons) involved in an accident or incident that is being or has been investigated, or the subject of a preliminary assessment, under the Transport Safety Investigations Act 2018; (da)all records of the analysis of information or evidential material acquired in the course of an investigation or a preliminary assessment under the Transport Safety Investigations Act 2018 (such as but not limited to flight recorder information), including any opinion expressed by a person in the analysis of such information or evidential material;”;

(c)

by deleting the heading of Part IIA and substituting the following heading:“AIR TRANSPORT UNDERTAKINGS”; (d)by repealing sections 13 to 14E (including the Division 1, 2 and 3 headings);

(e)

by deleting the words “Without prejudice to section 14C, a” in section 29D(1) and substituting the word “A”; (f)by inserting the word “or” at the end of section 29D(1)(b); and

(g)

by deleting paragraph (c) of section 29D(1).