The Administrator in Council has made a proclamation for the
Transport Safety Investigation
Act 2003 (TSI Act) to commence operation on 1 July 2003.
The Administrator in Council has also made the Transport Safety
Investigation Regulations 2003 which will commence together
with the TSI Act on 1 July to provide the new and complete
legislative framework for the Australian Transport Safety Bureau's
(ATSB) investigations. The TSI Act and Regulations consolidate and
update the ATSB's powers of aviation and marine investigation and
extends them to allow investigations on the interstate rail
system.
Essentially the TSI Act and Regulations cover the:
- conduct of independent transport safety investigations by the
Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB);
- reporting of transport safety matters;
- making of safety action statements including safety
recommendations to address safety deficiencies identified by
investigations;
- publication of investigation results; and
- protection of sensitive safety information.
As the new and complete legislative framework for transport
safety investigations in aviation and marine transport the TSI Act
and Regulations replace the ATSB's investigation powers in Part 2A
of the Air Navigation Act 1920 (AN Act) for aviation and
the Navigation (Marine Casualty) Regulations 1990 (Marine
Casualty Regulations) for marine. Transitional arrangements have
been provided for investigations conducted under this legislation
before 1 July 2003. Aviation and marine investigations commenced or
completed before 1 July 2003 will be covered by the provisions of
Part 2A of the AN Act and the Marine Casualty Regulations
respectively. Investigations commenced on or after 1 July 2003 will
be covered by the TSI Act and Regulations.
The TSI Act, the Regulations and their accompanying material can
be accessed on this page (below).
The Consolidated Explanatory Memorandum (EM) includes both the
original and the Supplementary EM that was written for Government
amendments made in the Senate. Explanations have also been included
for a couple of non-government provisions that were passed in the
Senate.
*See '
TSI Act 2003 - Questions and Answers'...
Documents
- Proclamation [
PDF: 13KB]
- Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003 [PDF: 152KB]
- Transport Safety Investigation (Consequential Amendments) Act
2003 [PDF: 38KB]
- Consolidated Explanatory Memorandum [PDF: 277KB]
- TSI Bill 2002 - 2nd Reading Speech [PDF: 18KB]
- TSI Bill (Consequential Amendments) 2002 - 2nd Reading Speech
[PDF: 8KB]
- Transport Safety Investigation Regulations 2003 [PDF: 117KB]