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4. Accidents to which Regulations apply
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4.   Accidents to which Regulations apply

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    (1)   Where a military aircraft is involved in an accident arising out of or in the course of air navigation and occurring in or over the United Kingdom or, if the aircraft belongs to Her Majesty, occurring anywhere, and the Minister and any one or more of the following authorities, that is to say, the Admiralty, a Secretary of State or the Minister of Supply, are of the opinion that—

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      (a)     the accident is or may be the result of a collision between that aircraft and a civil aircraft, or

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      (b)     the accident occurred or may have occurred while the aircraft was on, or in the course of taking off from or landing on, an aerodrome used wholly or mainly for the purposes of civil aviation, or

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      (c)     the accident has or may have otherwise occurred in such circumstances that the Minister is or may be concerned or interested in its circumstances or causes,

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    and that the accident ought to be investigated under these Regulations, the Minister acting jointly with any one or more of the said authorities may direct that the accident shall be treated as an accident to which these Regulations apply.

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    (2)   Where a civil aircraft is involved in an accident arising out of or in the course of air navigation and occurring in or over the United Kingdom or, if the aircraft is registered in the United Kingdom or belongs to Her Majesty, occurring anywhere, and the Minister and any one or more of the following authorities, that is to say, the Admiralty, a Secretary of State or the Minister of Supply, are of the opinion that—

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      (a)     the accident is or may be the result of a collision between that aircraft and a military aircraft, or

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      (b)     the accident occurred or may have occurred while the aircraft was on, or in the course of taking off from or landing on, an aerodrome controlled by any of Her Majesty's naval, military or air forces or by the naval, military or air forces of any country, or

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      (c)     the accident has or may have otherwise occurred in such circumstances that any of the last-mentioned authorities or any other authority of any of Her Majesty's naval, military or air forces or any authority of the naval, military or air forces of any country, is or may be concerned or interested in its circumstances or causes,

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    and that the accident ought to be investigated under these Regulations, the Minister acting jointly with any one or more of them, the Admiralty, a Secretary of State and the Minister of Supply, may direct that the accident shall be treated as an accident to which these Regulations apply.

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    (3)   References in these Regulations to an accident to which these Regulations apply are references to an accident in respect of which a direction has been given under the foregoing provisions of this regulation and references in these Regulations to the appropriate authority are in relation to such an accident referring to the person or persons acting jointly with the Minister in giving such a direction in relation to that accident.

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