78Marine safety investigation reports

78 Marine safety investigation reports

(1) After completing a marine safety investigation into a marine accident or other matter, or if requested to do so by the Minister under subsection 77(4), a marine investigator must prepare and submit a report (a marine safety investigation report) to the Minister. (2) The report must include: (a) findings as to the facts of the marine accident or other matter, and where the facts cannot be established with certainty, an opinion as to the most probable facts; and (b) in the case of a marine accident—the cause or most probable cause of the accident; and (c) any observations and recommendations to prevent the recurrence of similar marine accidents or matters that the marine investigator considers should be made. (3) A marine investigator may, at any time during a marine safety investigation, prepare an interim marine safety investigation report and submit it to the Minister.