11Confidentiality of evidence

11 Confidentiality of evidence

(1)  An investigator who makes a record of evidence under regulation 10(d) must not, except as may be necessary to exercise a power or perform a function under these regulations, divulge that evidence or any part of it to any person other than –

(a) the person who provided the evidence; or

(b) a court of inquiry in respect of the maritime incident; or

(c) MAST.

(2)  A person to whom evidence is divulged under this regulation has the same rights and obligations as if the person were the investigator.