(1)

A person entitled to make a report under regulation 7 or 8 may make a report about a reportable safety issue.

(2)

The report must be made to the Executive Director in a form and manner approved by the Executive Director.

(3)

A report that is not made in writing must be reduced to writing by the Executive Director.

Example for subregulation (3)
A report made over the phone to the Executive Director must be reduced to writing by the Executive Director.

(4)

The report must include the following information:

(a)

the name of the reporter;

(b)

the preferred means by which the Executive Director may contact the reporter (mailing or e-mail address, telephone or fax number);

(c)

a description of the matter comprising the reportable safety issue;

(d)

any of the following details, if relevant and known to the reporter:

(i)

the name or description of the ship or ships involved;

(ii)

the date and local time when the reportable safety issue occurred or was observed;

(iii)

the position or location of the ship or ships involved at the time the reportable safety issue occurred or was observed;

(iv)

the weather at the time the reportable safety issue occurred or was observed;

(v)

the name of the owner or charterer of the ship or ships involved;

(vi)

the number of crew and passengers of the ship or ships involved;

(vii)

if the reportable safety issue has been reported by the reporter to another person (for example, to a ship's safety delegate, a regulatory authority, a union or the ship's manager), a statement to that effect and the name or position of the person to whom the reportable safety issue was reported;

(viii)

the occupation of the reporter.

Note 1
A copy of the approved form is available from ATSB's website (http://www.atsb.gov.au).
Note 2
A report that does not include the name of the reporter and that fails to give sufficient information to enable the reporter to be identified may nevertheless be accepted by the Executive Director (see subregulation 11 (3)).