(1) For the purposes of the definition of immediately reportable matter in section 3 of the Act, the following investigable matters, in relation to a marine operation (other than a marine operation mentioned in subregulation 3.1 (2)), are prescribed:

(a)

subject to subregulation (2), the death of, or a serious injury to, a person on board the ship concerned or in contact with the ship or anything attached to the ship or anything that has become detached from the ship;

(b)

the ship being lost, presumed lost or abandoned;

(c)

the ship suffering serious damage, or the existence of reasonable grounds for believing that the ship has suffered serious damage;

(d)

a fire (even if subsequently extinguished), smoke, fumes or an explosion on or in any part of the ship;

(e)

the loss of a person from the ship;

(f)

the ship being stranded or disabled;

(g)

the ship being involved in a collision;

(h)

the ship nearly being stranded or involved in a collision;

(i)

contact between the ship and another object, including a wharf or buoy, resulting in the other object being seriously damaged or destroyed;

(j)

the ship suffering a significant loss of stability to the extent that the safety of the ship is, or could be, seriously endangered;

(k)

any other matter in relation to the operation of the ship that a reasonable person would consider seriously endangers, or, if not corrected, would seriously endanger, the safety of the ship, its occupants or any other person.

(2)

For paragraph (1) (a), the death of, or a serious injury to, a person does not include:

(a)

death or serious injury resulting from natural causes (except to a person who has duties essential to the safety of the ship); or

(b)

death or serious injury that is intentionally self-inflicted; or

(c)

death or serious injury that is intentionally caused by another person; or

(d)

death or serious injury suffered by a stowaway in a part of the ship that is not usually accessible to crew members or passengers after departure; or

(e)

death occurring more than 30 days after the occurrence that caused the death, unless the death was caused by an injury that required admission to hospital within 30 days after the occurrence.