S.L. 499.23 Art. 56Incidents.

(1) The owner or Master of a vessel involved in an incident involving injury or loss of life to persons on board or elsewhere, collision with other vessel or property, causing damage to or loss of other vessel, or damage to the marine environment or other property, shall immediately provide a verbal report of such incident to the Authority and within twenty-four hours of the occurrence of such incident, furnish a written report to the Authority in such detail as it may require.

(2) In case of such an incident, the Authority may inspect the commercial vessel or may suspend or revoke its certification.

(3) Without prejudice to any other regulation herein:

(i) where an incident which has been reported or observed is deemed by the Authority to be a significant accident or dangerous occurrence, the Authority may appoint a person to carry out an inquiry into the circumstances and possible causation of same;

(ii) the commercial vessel owner shall assist the person or persons making such inquiry in all aspects relevant to the conducting of the inquiry;

(iii) upon conclusion of the inquiry, the person appointed shall submit a report on his findings to the Authority.