Regulation 32 The duty to prepare a safety investigation report

Once the safety investigation is completed, the investigator-in-charge must prepare a report of the investigation and publish it as soon as possible after the date of the spaceflight accident.

The safety investigation report must be in writing and contain—

The safety investigation report may contain safety recommendations.

The safety investigation report must not reveal the identity of individuals involved in a spaceflight accident.

If the safety investigation final report is not published within twelve months of the date of the spaceflight accident, the investigator-in-charge must publish a statement about the progress of the investigation and the safety issues arising from it.

The investigator-in-charge must publish the statement referred to in paragraph (5) at least on each anniversary of the spaceflight accident.

If any part of the safety investigation report is based on information obtained in accordance with the powers of the investigator-in-charge under regulations 25 and 26, that part is inadmissible in any judicial proceedings whose purpose or one of whose purposes it is to attribute or apportion liability or blame, unless a relevant court, having regard to the factors referred to in regulation 31(3), determines otherwise.

For the purposes of these Regulations where any inspector is required to attend judicial proceedings the inspector is not required to provide opinion evidence or analysis of information provided to them, or to provide information obtained in accordance with an inspector’s powers under regulations 25 and 26 where the purpose or one of the purposes of those proceedings is to attribute or apportion liability or blame, unless a relevant court, having regard to the factors referred to in regulation 31(3), determines otherwise.

In this regulation—