81Public release of a marine safety investigation report etc.

81 Public release of a marine safety investigation report etc.

(1) A marine investigator may, at any time during the course of a marine safety investigation, make recommendations to the Minister. The Minister may cause the recommendations to be made public if the Minister considers that it is in the interests of marine safety to do so. (2) The Minister may publicly release all or part of any report submitted to the Minister by a marine investigator. (3) The Minister is not to publicly release all or part of a report if to do so might prejudice the rights of any person in any criminal proceedings instituted in connection with the matter.