| (1) | An investigator-in-char ge shall compile a draft final report in a manner prescribed in Document SA-CATS 12 and submit to the Executive responsible for Aircraft Accident and Incident investigation. |
| (2) | The Executive responsible for Aircraft Accident and Incident investigation shall send a copy of a draft final report to— |
| (a) | State that instituted an investigation, in case such investigation has been instituted by another State; |
| (c) | a State of Manufacture; |
| (f) | any other State that partici pated in such investigation; |
| (g) | an operator, through a State of such operator; |
| (h) | an organisation responsible for type design and final assembly of an aircraft concerned, through a State of such organisation. |
| (3) | The Executive responsible for Aircraft Accident and Incident investigation shall notify a recipient of a draft final report referred to in subregulation (2) that such a report is submitted solely for comments within a period of 60 days and that sharing of such a report without a written permission is prohibited. |
| (4) | If the Executive responsible for Aircraft Accident and Incident investigation decides not to incorporate any of the comments received, and if so desired by a State that provided such comments, the Executive responsible for Aircraft Accident and Incident investigation shall a ppend such comments to a final report. |
| (5) | The Executive responsible for Aircraft Accident and Incident investigation shall consider comments on a draft final report received within 60 days and amend, as necessary, such a draft final report to include substance of comments received. |
| (6) | If the Executive responsible for Aircraft Accident and Incident investigation decides not to incorporate any of the comments received, and if so desired by a State that provided such comments, the Executive responsible for Aircraft Accident and Incident investigation shall a ppend such comments to a final report. |
| (7) | The Executive responsible for Aircraft Accident and Incident investigation shall prepare and publish a final report on the findings of an investigation on the Authority website within 12 months from the date of an occurrenc . |
| (8) | Where it is not possible to publish a final repor within 12 months as prescribed in subregulation (6), the Executive responsible for Aircraft Accident and Incident investigation shall issue an Interim Statement on an anniversary of such occurrence, detailing the progress of an investigation, established factual information, and any safety issue raised. |
| (9) | The Executive responsible for Aircraft Accident and Incident investigation shall send a final report of an investigation, without dela y, to— |
| (a) | a State that instituted an investigation, if such investigation was instituted by another State; |
| (e) | a State of Manufacture; |
| (f) | a State that partici pated in an investigation; |
| (g) | a State whose citizen has suffered fatality or serious injury, |
| (h) | a State that provided relevant information, significant facility, or expert; and |
| (i) | ICAO, if an accident or incident involves an aircraft having a maximum mass of greater than 5 700 kg. |
[Regulation 12.05.1A inserted by regulation 4(j) of Notice No. R. 3169, GG 48228, dated 17 March 2023 (Twenty-Fifth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2023)]
