Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00468:reg:119
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00468
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 119
Character Range: 129010–130236

119  Safety investigation reports
 (1) A safety investigator must prepare a safety investigation report:
 (a) after completing a safety investigation into a boating accident or other matter; or
 (b) if requested to do so by the Minister under subsection 117(4).
 (2) The safety investigation report must include:
 (a) findings of fact for the boating accident or other matter, and if the facts cannot be established with certainty, the safety investigator's opinion as to the most probable facts; and
 (b) for a boating accident—the cause or most probable cause of the boating accident; and
 (c) recommendations that the safety investigator considers should be implemented to prevent a similar boating accident or other matter from happening again.
 (3) The safety investigator must not include an adverse comment in relation to a person in a safety investigation report unless the safety investigator has given the person a reasonable opportunity to respond to the proposed comment.
 (4) The safety investigator must submit a safety investigation report to the Minister.
 (5) A safety investigator may, at any time during a safety investigation, prepare an interim safety investigation report and submit it to the Minister.