{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-accident-reporting-and-investigation-regulations-2026/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-accident-reporting-and-investigation-regulations-2026/regulation-9.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/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Subsequent or reopened investigations",
  "text": "(1) Notwithstanding a decision not to investigate, the Chief Inspector may at any subsequent time carry out a safety investigation if satisfied that there is a good reason in the interests of the objective in regulation 5 to do so.\n(2) The Chief Inspector may reopen a safety investigation if, following its completion, new and important evidence becomes available that in the Chief Inspector’s opinion could have a material effect on any safety recommendations made.\n(3) Any safety investigation may be reopened either in whole or in part and a reopened investigation is subject to and must be carried out in accordance with these Regulations.",
  "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/9",
    "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."
}