Subsection 49(3) notice for the voice component of the voyage data recording recovered by ATSB after Shen Neng 1’s grounding at Douglas Shoal on 3 April 2010

The ATSB has issued a notice under s.49(3) of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003 (TSI Act) declaring the voice component of the voyage data recording not to be an on-board recording (OBR) for the purposes of Division 1, Part 6 of the TSI Act.

Pursuant to section 49 of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003, I declare that the whole of the identified recording (recovered by the ATSB on 9 April 2010) is not to be treated as an OBR on and after 14 April 2011 (the date of publication of ATSB’s final investigation report into the grounding).

Martin Dolan
Chief Commissioner