{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-accident-reporting-and-investigation-regulations-1999/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-accident-reporting-and-investigation-regulations-1999/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2567",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-accident-reporting-and-investigation-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Disclosure of records",
  "text": "(1) Except within the context of a report of an investigation, the names, addresses or any other details of anyone who has given evidence to an inspector shall not be disclosed. Neither shall the following records be made available for purposes other than the investigation, unless a Court determines otherwise–\n(a) all declarations or statements taken from persons by the inspector or supplied to him in the course of his investigation, except as in paragraph (2), together with any notes, tape recordings and photographs;\n(b) all communications between persons having been involved in the operation of the ship or ships;\n(c) medical or confidential information regarding persons involved in the accident or hazardous incident;\n(d) all voyage data and other records, electronic and magnetic recordings, including voice recordings, and video tapes and transcripts from such recordings;\n(e) any report made under regulation 5;\n(f) opinions expressed in the analysis of information; and\n(g) copies of the report other than the final report except as in regulations 10(2)(a) and 10(9).\n(2) A declaration or statement taken from a person by an inspector in the course of his investigation may be released with the written approval of that person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2567/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:54:53.984029+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}