Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) Act, 2000
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Comprehensive report of marine casualties. |
24.—(1) If requested by the Board or the investigator, every owner, charterer, master, skipper, person in charge, ship's agent, ship's manager and ship's husband of a vessel involved in a marine casualty and any other person the Board or the investigator considers may have knowledge of the casualty, shall make a comprehensive written and signed report to the Board, which shall include all relevant details of the casualty known to the person making the report, and shall supply such additional relevant information known to the person as the Board or the investigator requests. | |
(2) Without prejudice to its generality, the expression “relevant details” in subsection (1) includes— | ||
(a) the name and description of the vessel and its International Maritime Organisation (IMO) number, where applicable, | ||
(b) if the vessel is registered, the name of the flag state, | ||
(c) the names of the owner, charterer, master, skipper, person in charge, ship's agent and ship's husband, and the names of all persons killed, lost or seriously injured as a result of or arising out of the marine casualty, | ||
(d) the date and local time of the marine casualty, | ||
(e) the last point of departure and next point of intended landing of the vessel, | ||
(f) the position of the vessel when the marine casualty commenced or occurred, | ||
(g) the number of passengers and crew on board the vessel when the marine casualty commenced or occurred and, where practicable, the names and addresses of the passengers and crew, | ||
(h) the extent of damage caused to the vessel and to any other vessel, | ||
(i) the extent of damage caused to the environment, | ||
(j) a description of the cargo of the vessel, and | ||
(k) the quantity of any substance on board the vessel which, if released into the sea or other environment, would be or be likely to cause pollution as defined in the Sea Pollution Act, 1991 , or otherwise. | ||
(3) A person required by subsection (1) to make a comprehensive report of a marine casualty who fails to do so shall be guilty of an offence. |