(1) The name, address or other detail that reveals the identity of anyone who gives evidence must not be disclosed by an inspector, a person holding the preliminary inquiry or the Wreck Commissioner.
(2) An inspector, a person holding the preliminary inquiry or the Wreck Commissioner who contravenes subregulation (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.
(3) The following documents or records must not be made available for purposes other than the safety investigation, unless a court orders otherwise —
(a) subject to subregulation (4), declarations or statements taken from persons in the course of a safety investigation, and notes or voice recordings of interviews;
(b) information relating to persons involved in a marine casualty or marine incident that is of a particularly sensitive and confidential nature, including information concerning the health of that person;
(c) a report made under regulation 8;
(d) a final report.
(4) A person who gives a declaration or statement in the course of an investigation may provide a copy of the declaration or statement to another person as he or she sees fit.
(5) Subject to subregulation (6), a court order must not be made under subregulation (3) unless the court is satisfied that the interests of justice in disclosure outweigh any prejudice, or likely prejudice, to —
(a) the investigation into the accident to which the document or record relates;
(b) future safety investigation to be undertaken in Saint Lucia; or
(c) relations between Saint Lucia and a State, territory or international organization.
(6) This regulation is without prejudice to any law that authorizes or requires the withholding of a document or record or part of a document or record on the ground that disclosure of it would be injurious to the public interest.
(7) The Director may provide copies of information obtained from a recording system, important to the accident, including a voice recording, other than a recording under subregulation (3)(a), a video recording and other electronic or magnetic recording and any transcripts made from the information or recording to the police or other official authorities.
(8) Nothing in this regulation is construed as a derogation from the Data Protection Act.