Transport Administration Act 1988
45BNo Ministerial control of Chief Investigator
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45B No Ministerial control of Chief Investigator
45B No Ministerial control of Chief Investigator
(1) The Chief Investigator is not subject to the direction and control of the Minister in the exercise of the Chief Investigator’s investigative and reporting functions.
(2) Despite subsection (1), the Chief Investigator is to investigate and report on a particular rail or passenger transport accident or incident when given a written direction to do so by the Minister.
s 45B: Ins 1996 No 56, Sch 1 [31]. Rep 2003 No 65, Sch 1 [11]. Ins 2005 No 55, Sch 1 [13].