{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-accident-reporting-and-investigation-regulations-2026/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-accident-reporting-and-investigation-regulations-2026/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/430",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-accident-reporting-and-investigation-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Objective of a safety investigation",
  "text": "(1) The sole objective of a safety investigation into an accident under these Regulations is the prevention of future accidents through the ascertainment of its causes and circumstances.\n(2) It is not the purpose of such an investigation to determine liability nor, except so far as is necessary to achieve its objective, to apportion blame.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/430/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:02:30.543392+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."
}