Transport Safety Investigation (Voluntary and Confidential Reporting Regulations) 2013 - REPCON Voluntary and Confidential Reporting Scheme for Aviation, Marine and Rail Transport In September 2011 the ATSB sought public comment on a proposal to establish a voluntary and confidential reporting scheme (REPCON) The following documents were released by the ATSB: • Confidential Reporting: Discussion Paper and Explanatory Statement [PDF: 251KB] • Draft Regulations [PDF: 172KB] The proposed Regulations sought to consolidate the existing aviation and marine schemes while…

Subsection 49(2) notice for Incident off Exmouth Western Australia on 30 July 2010 The ATSB received a report that on 30 July 2010, off the coast of Exmouth Western Australia, a seismic survey vessel reported that seismic cables were run over and cut by another vessel.Based on the information available, the ATSB did not conduct an investigation.For the purpose of subsection 49(2) of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003, I declare that any On-Board Recordings (as defined by section 48 of the Act), made in relation to the reported incident, are not to be treated as an OBR on and after 2…

This Plan is made for the purpose of the Information Publication Scheme required by the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act). Introduction The ATSB's function is to improve safety and public confidence in the aviation, marine and rail modes of transport through excellence in: independent investigation of transport accidents and other safety occurrences safety data recording, analysis and research …

OBR ceasing to be an OBR under declaration of the ATSB Section 49 of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003 (TSI Act) provides for the ATSB declaring a vehicle's On-Board Recording (OBR) should not be treated as such for the purposes of Part 6 Division 1 of the TSI Act. Note: section 48 of the Act contains a definition for an OBR. Part 6 Division 1 of the TSI Act provides for certain confidentiality protections which must be applied to OBRs.  Where an OBR is declared not to be an OBR, please note that protections other than those in the TSI Act may remain, including under…

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ATSB supplements July - August Turning safety issues into action Kokoda crash prompts major safety improvements Managing Partial Power-Loss Pre-flight: Check your electrical power supply Pilots urged: 'stay focused around powerlines' Report confirms Qantas A380 engine failure event sequence Fact sheet for General Aviation Pilots Close flying highlighted in ATSB bulletin Bushfire fighting now safer Turbulences catches pilot off-guard Repcon briefs Download ATSB supplement (July-August 2011) [PDF: 918KB] May - June Talking with industry to improve safety Check…

Sections 25A of the TSI Act requires a person, association or agency to provide a written response to a Safety Recommendation contained in a report released under section 25 of the TSI Act. The response is required within 90 days of the report being published. Responses to recommendations are published on the ATSB website. Failure to respond may attract a penalty of up to 30 penalty points ($3,300 for a natural person and $16,500 for an incorporated organisation), and advice of any such failure to respond will be published on the ATSB website. Policy Responses to Safety Recommendations are to…

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Failure of a Responsible Person to Report under Sections 18 and 19 of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003 Where it is apparent that a Responsible Person has failed to provide a report in accordance with the requirements in sections 18 or 19 of the TSI Act, the circumstances of the apparent failure will be assessed to determine the appropriate action to be taken. Appropriate action will be based on two options: (a)  educate the responsible person, or class of responsible persons, to ensure compliance in the future; or (b)  refer the apparent breach to the Australian Federal…

ATSB Safety Issue Investigation: Queensland Coastal Pilotage About the ATSB The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is an independent Australian Government statutory agency. The Bureau is governed by a commission and is entirely separate from transport regulators and service providers. The ATSBs objective is safe transport and its function is to improve safety and public confidence in transport safety through excellence in safety investigations and research and promulgating the lessons learned, safety actions and safety messages. It is not the purpose of ATSB investigations to apportion…