10What may be reported

10 What may be reported

(1) A person may make a report to the ATSB about any reportable safety concern. (2) A reportable safety concern is any issue that affects, or might affect, transport safety, other than the following: (a) matters showing a serious and imminent threat to transport safety or a person’s life or health; (b) industrial relations issues; (c) criminal conduct.

Note 1: If an issue mentioned in paragraph (a) or (c) is mentioned in a report, personal information about the person making the report may be disclosed—see subsection 16 (3) and Part 6.

Note 2: If a matter must be reported by a person under another law, such as under Division 1 of Part 3 of the Act, reporting the matter under the REPCON scheme will not relieve the person of the obligation to report the matter under the other law.

(3) For paragraph (2) (c), criminal conduct means an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, including the following: (a) a terrorist act; (b) an act of unlawful interference with aviation that constitutes an offence under the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004.