s 47 Limits to disclosure of aviation safety matter reported voluntarily
47.—(1) Subject to subsection (4) —(a) a report of an aviation safety matter made by a person (called in this section the reporter) to any designated person in accordance with the voluntary reporting rules, or any evidence of the contents of such a report; and (b) the fact that such a report of an aviation safety matter was made by the reporter to any designated person, are not admissible in evidence against the reporter in any administrative proceedings before any tribunal in Singapore, any civil proceedings, or any criminal proceedings before any court other than criminal proceedings for an offence under section 86. [18/2018] (2) A person is not entitled to take disciplinary action against the person’s employee by using information derived from a report of an aviation safety matter made by the employee to a designated person in accordance with the voluntary reporting rules.[18/2018] (3) A person who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.[18/2018] (4) A tribunal is not entitled to make a decision of an administrative character (whether or not in the exercise of a discretion) under any written law against a reporter using information derived from a report of an aviation safety matter made by the reporter to a designated person in accordance with the voluntary reporting rules.[18/2018] (5) To avoid doubt, this section does not prevent the use of information derived from a source that is not a report of an aviation safety matter made to any designated person in accordance with the voluntary reporting rules.[18/2018] (6) In this section, “tribunal” includes any person or body of persons constituted and vested by or under any written law to make a decision of an administrative character.[12B [18/2018]