Conduct of transport safety inquiry
142 Conduct of transport safety inquiry
A Board of Inquiry is to determine its own procedure, except as provided by this Act or the regulations.
A Board of Inquiry may, at a transport safety inquiry, take evidence on oath or affirmation and, for that purpose, the person or persons constituting the Board—
may require a person appearing at the inquiry to give evidence, to take an oath or to make an affirmation in a form approved by the person presiding, and
may administer an oath to, or take an affirmation from, a person appearing at the inquiry.
In conducting a transport safety inquiry, a Board of Inquiry—
is not bound to act in a formal manner, and
is not bound by the rules of evidence and may inform itself on any matter in any way that it considers appropriate.
If the Board of Inquiry agrees, an agent (including a legal practitioner) may represent a person or body at a transport safety inquiry.
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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