8Purposes of scheme

8 Purposes of scheme

(1) The primary purpose of the REPCON scheme is to enable the ATSB to do the following: (a) provide a voluntary and confidential reporting scheme for issues that affect, or might affect, transport safety; (b) use the reports made under the scheme to identify unsafe procedures, practices or conditions; (c) give information to the aviation, maritime or rail industry, to a transport safety authority, or to an emergency services organisation, about an identified unsafe procedure, practice or condition to facilitate: (i) action and awareness about transport safety issues; and (ii) improvements in transport safety by other persons and organisations. (2) An incidental purpose of the REPCON scheme is to enable the ATSB to give information about a transport security concern, mentioned in a report made under the scheme, to an appropriate person or organisation (including a transport safety authority or an emergency services organisation) to facilitate awareness of security issues.

Note: Although the REPCON scheme is not established for the purpose of reporting security concerns, those concerns might be mentioned in reports made under the scheme.