Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Act 2022

Amendment of section 34 of Act of 2000

12. Section 34 of the Act of 2000 is amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):

“(2) The Board shall endeavour to publish the report not later than 12 months from the date on which the marine casualty, notified to it under section 23, occurred.”,

(b) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “during the period of 12 months referred to in subsection (2) ” for “within the 9 month period”, and

(c) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (4):

“(4) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), the Board may, at any time during an estimated period indicated by it under subsection (3), publish one or more interim report or reports of the investigation.

(b) Where the Board is unable to publish the report of an investigation of a marine casualty, notified to it under section 23, during the period of 12 months referred to in subsection (2), it shall publish at least one interim report of the investigation during that period.”.