Regulation 12 Procedure where an Inquest or Fatal Accident Inquiry is held

Where an inquest or fatal accident inquiry is to be held following an accident which has been subject to investigation, a report of the investigation may be made available to the inquest or fatal accident inquiry by the Chief Inspector.

Where the investigation has taken the form of an Inspector’s Inquiry and the procedure in paragraph (1) is followed and the report has been put before the inquest or fatal accident inquiry then the Chief Inspector need not comply with regulation 9(4) above but if he does not do so he shall not submit his Report to the Secretary of State until after the proceedings of the inquest or fatal accident inquiry and he shall include in his Report the substance of evidence given at those proceedings as it relates to the Inspector’s findings.