Section 74, Civil Aviation Act, 2017 for an effective aviation safety and security

(1) The Minister shall have jurisdiction over - (a) the investigation of any accident or incident, arising out of, or in the course of, air navigation and either occurring in or over Sierra Leone or occurring elsewhere to an aircraft registered in Sierra Leone; (b) the collection, evaluation, processing, storing and dissemination of reports of any accident or incident. (2) Notwithstanding any provision under this Act or any other enactment, where an accident or incident involves a state aircraft and a civil aircraft, or a civil aircraft at an aerodrome used principally for state aircraft or occurs while a state aircraft was on or in the course of taking off from an aerodrome used for purposes of civil aviation this Act shall apply. (3) The Minister may by statutory instrument, make regulations for - (a) provision of facilities and services in support of the investigation of accidents and incidents; (b) notices to be given of any accident or incidents to or by such persons as may be prescribed; (c) investigation of any accident or incident arising out of or in the course of air navigation and either occurring in or over Sierra Leone or occurring elsewhere to aircraft registered in Sierra Leone; (d) participation of any persons authorised for that purpose in accordance with any investigation held under this Act and regulations made under it relating to the requirements of Annex 13 to the Chicago Convention by the competent authorities of any other State; (e) investigation of any incident other than one to which paragraph (d) applies for the purpose of securing any information, article or other material which it is the duty of Sierra Leone to furnish to any other State under this Act and regulations made under it relating to the requirements of Annex 13 to the Chicago Convention; (f) prohibiting, pending investigation, access to or interference with aircraft to which an accident or incident has occurred and authorising any person, so far as may be necessary for the purposes of an investigation, or for the purpos of determining whether an investigation should be held, to have access to, examine, remove, take measures for the preservation of, or otherwise deal with, any such aircraft; 70 71 Aircraft accidents and incidents. (g) enabling a person in charge of an investigation or other inquiry to grant immunity to any person giving evidence in the course of such investigation or inquiry from prosecution for offences disclosed by or arising from such evidence; (h) providing for any other matters arising from this Act and regulations made under it relating to Annex 13 to the Chicago Convention; and (i) the conduct of public inquiries into accidents and incidents. Establishment of Directorate of Accident Investigation.