Page:The Civil Aviation (Investigation of Air Accidents and Incidents) Regulations 2018 (UKSI 2018-321 qp).pdf/2

 “Chief Inspector” means the Chief Inspector of Air Accidents appointed under regulation 9;

“Inspector” means a person appointed as an Inspector of Air Accidents under regulation 9;

“Investigating Inspector” means the investigator-in-charge and any other Inspector who is assisting the investigator-in-charge with a safety investigation by virtue of paragraph (6) of regulation 9;

“investigator-in-charge” means a person charged, on the basis of that person’s qualifications, with responsibility for the organisation, conduct and control of a safety investigation;

“Regulation 996/2010” means Regulation (EU) No 996/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the investigation and prevention of accidents and incidents in civil aviation(a) and repealing Directive 94/56/EC(b) ; and

“safety investigation” means a process conducted by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch for the purposes of accident and incident prevention, which includes the gathering and analysis of information, the drawing of conclusions (including the determination of causes and contributing factors) and, when appropriate, the making of safety recommendations.

(2) In these Regulations the following words and expressions have the meanings given by Article 2 of Regulation 996/2010—
 * “accident”;
 * “incident”;
 * “person involved”; and
 * “serious incident”.

(3) In these Regulations “aircraft” has the same meaning as in Regulation 996/2010.

Meaning of “act of unlawful interference” and “victim”

3.—(1) For the purposes of paragraph 2 of Article 12 of Regulation 996/2010, “an act of unlawful interference” means any act which constitutes an offence under—
 * (a) subsection (1) of section 1 (hijacking) of the Aviation Security Act 1982(c) (“the 1982 Act”), but as if subsection (2) of that section (and the reference to subsection (2) in subsection (1)) was omitted;
 * (b) subsection (1) or (2) of section 2 (destroying, damaging or endangering safety of aircraft) of the 1982 Act, but as if subsection (4) of that section (and the references to subsection (4) in subsections (1) and (2)) was omitted; or
 * (c) subsection (1) or (3) of section 3 (other acts endangering or likely to endanger safety of aircraft) of the 1982 Act, but as if subsections (5) and (6) of that section (and the references to subsections (5) and (6) in subsection (1) and the reference to subsection (5) in subsection (3)) were omitted.

(2) For the purposes of paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 15 of Regulation 996/2010, “victim” means any person who suffers a fatal injury or a serious injury in any of the circumstances described in sub-paragraph (1)(a) of Article 2 of that Regulation.

(3) In paragraph (2) “fatal injury” and “serious injury” have the meanings given by Article 2 of Regulation 996/2010.

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