Regulation 12 Disclosure of records
Subject to the following paragraphs, the names, addresses or any other details of anyone who has given evidence to an inspector shall not be disclosed.
The following documents or records shall not be made available for purposes other than the investigation, unless a Court orders otherwise—
subject to paragraph (3), all declarations or statements taken from persons by an inspector or supplied to him in the course of his investigation, together with any notes or voice recordings of interviews;
medical or confidential information regarding persons involved in an accident;
any report made under regulation 6(4) or (5);
copies of the report other than the final report except as mentioned in regulation 13(3)(a), (4), or (8).
A person who has given a declaration or statement to an inspector in the course of an investigation may make available a copy of his declaration or statement to another person as he sees fit.
Any independent technical analysis commissioned by the Chief Inspector and opinions expressed in such analysis may be made publicly available if he considers it appropriate to do so.
Subject to paragraph (6), no order shall be made under paragraph (2) unless the Court is satisfied, having regard to the views of the Chief Inspector, that the interests of justice in disclosure outweigh any prejudice, or likely prejudice, to—
the investigation into the accident to which the document or record relates,
any future accident investigation undertaken in the United Kingdom, or
relations between the United Kingdom and any other State, or international organisation.
The provisions of this regulation shall be without prejudice to any rule of law which authorises or requires the withholding of any document or record or part thereof on the ground that disclosure of it would be injurious to the public interest.
Copies of information obtained from a voyage data recorder or from other recording systems, pertinent to the accident, including voice recordings (other than any recordings mentioned in paragraph (2)(a)), video recordings and other electronic or magnetic recordings and any transcripts made from such information or recordings, may be provided at the discretion of the Chief Inspector to the police or other official authorities.