10Disclosure of records

## 10 Disclosure of records 10.1 The State conducting the investigation of a casualty or incident, wherever it has occurred, should not make the following records, obtained during the conduct of the investigation, available for purposes other than casualty investigation, unless the appropriate authority for the administration of justice in that State determines that their disclosure outweighs any possible adverse domestic and international impact on that or any future investigation, and the State providing the information authorizes its release: .1 all statements taken from persons by the investigating authorities in the course of the investigation; .2 all communications between persons having been involved in the operation of the ship; .3 medical or private information regarding persons involved in the casualty or incident; .4 opinions expressed during the conduct of the investigation. 10.2 These records should be included in the final report, or its appendices, only when pertinent to the analysis of the casualty or incident. Parts of the record not pertinent, and not included in the final report, should not be disclosed.