Cap. 232 Art. 4Investigation of accidents.

(1) The Minister may make regulations or orders providing for the investigation of any accident arising out of or in the course of air navigation, and either occurring in or over Malta or occurring elsewhere to aircraft registered in Malta.

(2) Regulations or orders under this article may contain provisions -

(a) requiring notice to be given of any such accident as aforesaid in such manner and by such persons as may be specified in the regulations;

(b) applying, with or without modification, for the purpose of investigations held with respect to any such accident any of the provisions of any other enactment relating to investigations in cases of accidents;

(c) prohibiting, pending investigation, access to or interference with aircraft to which an accident has occurred, and authorising any person, so far as may be necessary for the purposes of an investigation, to have access to, examine, remove, take measures for the preservation of, or otherwise deal with, any such aircraft;

(d) authorising or requiring the cancellation, suspension, endorsement or surrender of any licence or certificate granted under any of the foregoing provisions of this Act or any regulations or order made, or having effect as if made, thereunder, where it appears on an investigation that the licence or certificate ought to be cancelled, suspended, endorsed or surrendered, and requiring the production of any such licence or certificate for the purpose of being so dealt with.

(3) If any person contravenes or fails to comply with any regulation or order made or having effect as if made under this article, he shall be liable on conviction to a fine (multa) not exceeding five hundred euro (€500) or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.