s 22 Responses to reports of, or containing, safety recommendations
22.—(1) This section applies if —(a) the Director —(i) publishes a report under section 20 in relation to an investigation; (ii) receives a report from an appropriate foreign authority about a transport occurrence; or (iii) publishes a report in relation to a transport safety matter; and (b) the report is, or contains, a recommendation that a person, unincorporated association, or a public authority or public officer, in Singapore take safety actions. (2) The person, unincorporated association, public authority or public officer to whom a recommendation mentioned in subsection (1)(b) is made must give a written response to the Director within a prescribed time after the report was published, that sets out whether the person, association, authority or officer accepts the recommendation (in whole or part), and —(a) if the person, unincorporated association, public authority or public officer accepts the recommendation in whole — details of any action that the person, association, authority or officer proposes to take to give effect to the recommendation; or (b) if the person, unincorporated association, public authority or public officer does not accept the recommendation in whole — the reasons why the person, association, authority or officer does not accept the recommendation in whole. (3) A person, unincorporated association, public authority or public officer who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with subsection (2) commits an offence. (4) A person, unincorporated association, public authority or public officer who is guilty of an offence under subsection (3) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.