The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is an independent Commonwealth Government statutory Agency. The ATSB is governed by a Commission and is entirely separate from transport regulators, policy makers and service providers.

Some of these links will take you to the Australian Government Federal Register of Legislation website.

Acts

• Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003
• Air Navigation Act 1920
• Navigation Act 2012
• Civil Aviation Act 1988

Regulations

• Transport Safety Investigation Regulations 2003
• Civil Aviation Regulations 1988
• Transport Safety Investigation (Voluntary and Confidential Reporting Scheme) Regulation 2012
• Protection of cockpit voice recording information (amended, 1 July 2009) [ PDF: 33 KB]

Enforcement Policy

• Failure of a Responsible Person to Report under Sections 18 and 19 of the TSI Act 2003 to the AFP
• Failure to respond to a Safety Recommendation
• Disclosure of the contents of a draft report

Questions and Answers about the Act

• TSI Act - Questions and Answers

Documents supporting the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003

• Documents supporting the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003

Disclosing restricted information in civil proceedings

• Disclosing restricted information in civil proceedings [PDF: 24 KB]

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Link to: Consultation on amended Transport Safety (Confidential Reporting Scheme) Regulations 2013

Link to: Consultation on amended Transport Safety Investigations Regulations 2003

 

Last update 07 February 2019