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PART V
Notification and Investigation of Accidents
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Notification of accidents.
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27.—(1) Where any explosion or fire, or any accident involving a substance kept under licence, occurs in or about or in connection with licensed premises and occasions loss of life or injury to person or property, the licensee shall forthwith send to the Minister written notice of the accident and of the loss of life or injury.
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(2) (a) No person shall, except with the consent of an inspector, disturb the place where any such accident occurred or tamper with anything thereat before—
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(i) the expiration of three clear days after notification of the accident in accordance with subsection (1), or
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(ii) that place has been visited by an inspector,
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whichever first occurs.
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(b) In any proceedings taken in respect of a contravention of this subsection consisting of the doing of any act, it shall be a defence to prove that the doing of that act was necessary for securing the safety of the place or persons thereat.
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(3) Where, in or about or in connection with any vehicle or vessel on which any substance to which this Act applies is being loaded or conveyed, or from which it is being unloaded, any accident occurs involving loss of life or injury to person or property the owner of the vehicle or master of the vessel shall, if the accident involved such a substance, forthwith send to the Minister notice of the accident and of the loss of life or injury. This provision shall not apply in relation to fuel for use only on the vessel or vehicle.
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(4) If the Minister considers that it is expedient that notice should be given under this section in case of an occurrence of any special class in or about or in connection with licensed premises, he may by regulations extend the provisions of this section to every occurrence of that class, whether loss of life or injury to person or property is caused or not.
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