Cap. 218 Art. 9Aviation Safety Board.

(1) There shall be established a board, to be styled the

Aviation Safety Board, which shall be composed of a lawyer with twelve years’ experience, as chairman, sitting with two technical assessors.

(2) The chairman and technical assessors of the Board shall be appointed by the Prime Minister from year to year: Provided that the Prime Minister may confirm any appointment from year to year and he may direct, on making any new appointment, that the outgoing chairman or assessor may continue to sit on the Board in respect of any matter whereof he has already taken cognizance before the termination of his appointment until such matter is disposed of.

(3) The Prime Minister may also make any necessary appointments for the purpose of surrogating the chairman or any assessor of the Board in the event of his being, for any reason, unable to carry out his functions with respect to any particular case or cases.

(4) The chairman or any assessor of the Board shall not be competent to take cognizance of and deal with any matter in which he has a direct or an indirect interest.

(5) The technical assessors of the Board shall, before entering upon their office, take before the Attorney General the oath to examine and decide any matter referred to them under the provisions of this Act with equity and impartiality.

(6) The chairman of the Board shall have, for the purpose of collecting the evidence and establishing the facts relating to any matter before the Board, all such powers as are by the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure vested in the Civil Court, First Hall, for the like purpose in relation to any matter before it.

(7) The Board shall regulate its own procedure except in so far as such procedure is governed by regulations made under article 11.

(8) The Prime Minister shall appoint a public officer to act as secretary to the Board.