(1) No person other than an authorised person shall have access to an aircraft involved in an accident to which these Regulations apply, being an accident occurring in or over the United Kingdom, and such an aircraft shall not except under the authority of the Minister or the appropriate authority be removed or otherwise interfered with: Provided that—
(a) the aircraft may be removed or interfered with so far as may be necessary for the purpose of extricating persons or animals involved, removing any mails carried by the aircraft, preventing destruction by fire or other cause, or preventing any danger or obstruction to the public or to air navigation or to other transport;
(b) goods or passengers' baggage may be removed from the aircraft under the supervision of an officer of police, but, if the aircraft has come from a place outside the United Kingdom, shall not be removed from the vicinity of the aircraft except on clearance by or with the consent of an officer of Customs and Excise;
(c) if the aircraft is wrecked on the water, the aircraft or any contents thereof may be removed to such extent as may be necessary for bringing it or them to a place of safety.
(2) In this regulation the expression “authorised person” means any person authorised by the Minister or by the appropriate authority, either generally or specially, to have access to the aircraft, and includes any officer of police and any officer of Customs and Excise.