137Reports on transport safety investigations

#### 137 Reports on transport safety investigations 137 Reports on transport safety investigations > > (1) The Chief Investigator must provide to the Minister a written report on a transport safety investigation, including any discontinued investigation. > > > (2) The Chief Investigator may provide a copy of a draft report, or proposed recommendations in a report, on a confidential basis, to the Minister or any other person before completing the report— > > > > > (a) if the Chief Investigator thinks that it is desirable or necessary to do so for the purposes of transport safety, or > > > > > (b) to allow the making of submissions about the draft report, or > > > > > (c) to give advance notice of the likely form of the report. > > > (3) The Chief Investigator may include in a report on a transport safety investigation any submissions made in response to a draft report or draft recommendations, safety action statements or safety recommendations. > > > (4) If the Chief Investigator discontinues an investigation, the Chief Investigator must provide to the Minister, within 28 days, a written report setting out the reasons for discontinuing the investigation and a report on the investigation. > > > (5) In this section— > > > > safety action statement means a statement— > > > > > (a) setting out any safety issues identified during the course of an investigation that should be addressed, or > > > > > (b) setting out any steps taken by persons to remedy safety issues identified during the course of an investigation.