Civil Aviation (Investigation of Air Accidents and Incidents)

L.N. 228 of 2025

AUTHORITY FOR TRANSPORT IN MALTA ACT

(CAP. 499)

Civil Aviation (Investigation of Air Accidents and Incidents)

(Amendment) Regulations, 2025

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 43 of the

Authority for Transport in Malta Act, the Minister responsible for

transport, after consultation with the Authority for Transport in Malta,

has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is Civil Aviation

(Investigation of Air Accidents and Incidents) (Amendment)

Regulations, 2025 and these regulations shall be read and construed as

one with the Civil Aviation (Investigation of Air Accidents and

Incidents) Regulations, hereinafter referred to as the "principal

regulations".

In the principal regulations the words "Chief Inspector"

shall be substituted by the words "Chief Investigator", wherever they

occur.

Regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall be amended

as follows

(a)

the definition "Chief Inspector" shall be deleted;

(b) immediately

after the definition

"Chicago

Convention" thereof there shall be added the following new

definitions

" "Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief

Executive Officer of the Bureau appointed in accordance

with regulation 6;

"Chief Investigator" means the Chief Investigator of

aircraft accidents appointed in accordance with regulation

6;".

Regulation 5 of the principal regulations shall be amended

as follows

(a) in sub-regulation (1) thereof immediately after the

words "with these regulations." there shall be added the words

"The legal and judicial representation of the Bureau shall vest in

the Chief Executive Officer.";

(b) paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (6) thereof shall be

substituted by the following new paragraph

"(a) the Bureau shall include at least

(i)

a Chief Executive Officer;

(ii) one (1) Chief Investigator capable of

performing functions in accordance with these

regulations; and

(iii) one (1) inspector capable of performing

the functions of investigator in charge in the event of

a major accident;".

Regulation 6 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends

regulation 6 of

the principal

regulations.

(a) sub-regulation (1) thereof shall be substituted by the

following new sub-regulation

(1) For the purposes of these regulations, the

Minister shall appoint a Chief Executive Officer from

among candidates who satisfy the qualifications in the

Bureau’s operational manual to serve as investigator.

The Chief Executive Officer shall be directly

responsible to the Minister for the administrative

function of the Bureau. For the purposes of these

regulations, the Minister shall also appoint a Chief

Investigator, on the basis of adequate qualification, who

shall be responsible directly to the Chief Executive

Officer for the technical aspect of the Bureau. The

Chief Investigator shall appoint inspectors of accidents

in conformity with the criteria established in the

operations manual of the Bureau.";

(b) sub-regulation (3) thereof shall be substituted by the

following new sub-regulation

"(3) The remuneration of the Chief Executive

Officer, Chief Investigator and inspectors as well as to any

other person appointed in accordance with sub-regulation

(7) to assist in an investigation, shall be determined by the

Minister with the consent of the Minister responsible for

finance.";

(c) sub-regulation (4) thereof shall be substituted by the

following new sub-regulation

"(4) The Chief Executive Officer may delegate any

of his powers or obligations in accordance with these

regulations to any official of the Bureau designated by him.

The Chief Investigator may delegate any of his powers or

obligations in accordance with these regulations to an

inspector designated by him to be his deputy.".

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