Non-disclosure of records
18.—(1)  Subject to sub-paragraph (2), 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 Order unless the General Division of the High Court determines that the benefits resulting from disclosure outweighs the adverse domestic and international impact the disclosure may have on that or any future investigation:
(a)any statement taken from any person in the course of an investigation;
(b)any communication between any person having been involved in the operation of the aircraft;
(c)any medical or private information regarding any person involved in the accident or incident;
(d)any cockpit voice recording and transcript from such recording;
(e)any ATS recording and transcript from such recording;
(ea)any cockpit airborne image recording and any part or transcript from such recording;
[S 424/2010 wef 02/08/2010]
(f)any opinion expressed in the analysis of information, including flight recorder information.
[S 1024/2020 wef 02/01/2021]
(2)  A record referred to in sub-paragraph (1) shall be included in a Final Report or its appendices, or in any other report only when it is relevant to the analysis of the accident or incident.
(3)  Such parts of the record which are not relevant to the analysis of the accident or incident shall not be included in the Final Report.
(4)  The names of the persons involved in the accident or incident shall not be disclosed by the Chief Inspector, the Inspectors or the Air Accident Investigation Bureau of Singapore.
[S 424/2010 wef 02/08/2010]