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 PUBLIC LAW 101-641—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 4655 "(2) Portions of a transcription of oral communications described in paragraph (1) which the Board determines relevant and pertinent to the accident or incident under investigation shall be made available to the public by the Board— "(A) if the Board conducts a public hearing with respect to such accident or incident, at the time of such hearing; and "(B) if the Board does not conduct such a public hearing, at the time when a majority of other factual reports regarding the accident or incident is placed in the public docket. "(3) Nothing in this section shall restrict the Board at any time from referring to cockpit voice recorder information in making safety recommendations. " (d) USE OF COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER RECORDINGS AND TRAN- SCRIPTIONS IN JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. —(1) Except as provided in this subsection, in a judicial proceeding, there shall not be discovery by a party— "(A) of portions of cockpit voice recorder transcriptions other than such portions made available to the public by the Board under subsection (c)(2); and "(B) of cockpit voice recorder recordings. "(2) Subject to paragraph (4), a court may permit discovery of cockpit voice recorder transcriptions by a party if the court, after an in camera review of such transcriptions, finds that— "(A) the portions of the transcriptions made available to the public under subsection (c) do not provide the party with sufficient information for the party to receive a fair trial; and "(B) discovery of additional portions of transcriptions is necessary to provide the party with sufficient information for the party to receive a fair trial. No cockpit voice recorder transcriptions prepared by or under the direction of the Board, other than portions made available by the Board under subsection (c), shall be required to be produced for an in camera review, or shall be subject to discovery, unless the cockpit voice recorder recordings are not available. "(3) Subject to paragraph (4), a court may permit discovery of cockpit voice recorder recordings by a party if the court, after an in camera review of such recordings, finds that— "(A) the portions of transcriptions made available to the public under subsection (c) and to the party through discovery under paragraph (2) do not provide the party with sufficient information for the party to receive a fair trial; and "(B) discovery of cockpit voice recorder recordings is necessary to provide the party with sufficient information for the party to receive a fair trial. "(4) If, under paragraph (2) or (3), there is discovery in a judicial proceeding of a cockpit voice recorder recording or any portion of a cockpit voice recorder transcription not made available to the public under subsection (c)(2), the court shall issue a protective order to limit the use of such recording or portion to the judicial proceeding and to prohibit dissemination of such recording or portion to any person who does not need access to such recording or portion for such proceeding. "(5) A court may permit admission of a cockpit voice recorder recording or any portion of a cockpit voice recorder transcription not made available to the public under subsection (c)(2) into evidence in a judicial proceeding, only if the court places such recording or

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