Section 82, Civil Aviation Act, 2017 for an effective aviation safety and security

(1) The sole objective of the investigation of an accidentor incident shall be the prevention of accidents and incidents and not to apportion liability or blame. (2) The report or any part of it shall not be admissible as evidence in any legal, disciplinary or other proceedings. (3) Subject to subsection (4), no person shall disclose or make available to any other person any of the following records for any purpose other than an investigation carried out under this Act unless the High Court determines that the benefits resulting from disclosure or use outweigh the likely adverse domestic and international impact the disclosure may have on that or any future investigation- (a) cockpit voice recordings and airborne imagerecordings and any transcripts from such ecordings; and (b) records in the custody or control of the Directorate of Accident Investigation including- (i) statements taken from persons by the accident investigation authority in the course of their investigation; (ii) all communications between persons having been involved in the operation of the aircraft; (iii) medical or private information regarding persons involved in the accident or incident; (iv) recordings and transcripts of recordings from air traffic control units; (v) analysis of and opinions about information, including flight recorder information, made by the accident investigation authority and accredited representatives in relation to the accident or incident; (vi) the draft Final Report of an accident or incident investigation; (vii) any other records or information obtained or generated by the accident investigation authority as part of an accident or incident investigation, that it considers needs to be protected in the same manner as the records listed above. 76 77 Privilege. (4) A record referred to in sub-regulation (3) shall be included in a Final Report or its appendices, or in any other report, only when it is pertinent to the analysis of the accident or incident: any parts of the records that are not relevant to the analysis shall not be disclosed. (5) An Accident Investigator shall not be compelled to appear as a witness, and the opinion of the Accident Investigator shall not be admissible in any legal, disciplinary or other proceedings relating to an accident or incident investigation. Report of investigation.