Singapore legislation
Regulation 11
of Transport Safety Investigations (Marine Occurrences) Regulations 2023
Regulation 11
Follow‑up after receiving section 12 report — Singapore ship involved in marine casualty
Subregulation 1
Upon receiving a section 12(1) report or a section 12(2) report about a marine occurrence that is a reportable matter —
that involved a Singapore ship; (b)that happened on the high seas or within an exclusive economic zone or territory of any State; and
that is a marine casualty,the Director must take the steps mentioned in paragraph (2) in relation to each State which is a Substantially Interested State in relation to that reportable matter.
Subregulation 2
The steps that the Director must take concerning a reportable matter mentioned in paragraph (1) which he or she has received a section 12(1) report or a section 12(2) report about, are as follows:
as soon as is reasonably practicable and by the quickest means of communication available, send to the appropriate foreign authority of each State that is a Substantially Interested State in relation to the reportable matter, a notice of the reportable matter containing all the particulars about the reportable matter as is available to the Director at the time of receiving —
the section 12(1) report or section 12(2) report; or (ii)the initial notice of a section 12(1) report or a section 12(2) report, where given;
subject to regulation 14, inform, either in the notice mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) or as soon as practicable after giving that notice —
whether an investigation under the Act is to be conducted into the immediately reportable matter; and (ii)if an investigation under the Act is to be so conducted —
the extent to which the investigation will be conducted by the TSIB or as is mutually agreed between Singapore and the Substantially Interested State or States in relation to that reportable matter; and
the means by which the Director and the investigator‑in‑charge may be contacted;
if requested by the appropriate foreign authority of a State that is a Substantially Interested State in relation to the reportable matter, as soon as it is practicable to do so, provide —
the remainder of the particulars about the reportable matter that was unavailable at the time of the notice mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) and which becomes subsequently available to the Director; and
any other relevant information about that reportable matter and known to the Director.