119Safety investigation reports

119  Safety investigation reports

 (1) A safety investigator must prepare a safety investigation report:

 (a) after completing a safety investigation into a boating accident or other matter; or

 (b) if requested to do so by the Minister under subsection 117(4).

 (2) The safety investigation report must include:

 (a) findings of fact for the boating accident or other matter, and if the facts cannot be established with certainty, the safety investigator’s opinion as to the most probable facts; and

 (b) for a boating accident—the cause or most probable cause of the boating accident; and

 (c) recommendations that the safety investigator considers should be implemented to prevent a similar boating accident or other matter from happening again.

 (3) The safety investigator must not include an adverse comment in relation to a person in a safety investigation report unless the safety investigator has given the person a reasonable opportunity to respond to the proposed comment.

 (4) The safety investigator must submit a safety investigation report to the Minister.

 (5) A safety investigator may, at any time during a safety investigation, prepare an interim safety investigation report and submit it to the Minister.