Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Act 2025
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Functions of Chief Investigator | ||
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10. (1) The Chief Investigator shall— | ||
(a) carry on and manage, and control generally, the administration and business of the MAIU, | ||
(b) be the investigator-in-charge in respect of marine safety investigations or, where he or she considers it appropriate to do so, appoint another investigator as investigator-in-charge in relation to a particular marine safety investigation, | ||
(c) provide the Minister with information (including financial information) relating to the performance by the Chief Investigator and the MAIU of their respective functions, | ||
(d) manage the application of the policy published by the Minister pursuant to section 11 (1), and | ||
(e) manage the compliance of the MAIU with the independence requirements of Article 8 of the Directive and this Act. | ||
(2) The Chief Investigator shall, having regard to section 7 (5), make recommendations to the Minister, with respect to the level of staffing of the MAIU as the Chief Investigator considers necessary for the performance of the functions of the MAIU. | ||
(3) The Chief Investigator shall not receive instruction from any officer of the Minister whose decision-making relates to any of the following: | ||
(a) seaworthiness of ships; | ||
(b) certification of compliance of ships or seafarers with maritime safety regulations; | ||
(c) inspection of ships or ship operations to determine compliance with maritime safety regulations; | ||
(d) manning of ships; | ||
(e) safe navigation on water; | ||
(f) construction, maintenance and repair of ships; | ||
(g) vessel traffic and routing; | ||
(h) port State control; | ||
(i) flag state implementation; | ||
(j) operation of seaports and harbours. | ||
(4) The Chief Investigator may delegate the performance of any of his or her functions under subsection (1) to another investigator. |