17.—(1) SAIA may request assistance in a safety investigation from safety investigation authorities from other states.
(2) SAIA may request the regulator and other relevant bodies to participate in a safety investigation by supplying—
(a)information relating to the spaceflight accident, or
(b)equipment,
to help with that investigation.
(3) The Chief Inspector may appoint an adviser to assist an investigator-in-charge of a safety investigation, under the supervision of that investigator.
(4) The Chief Inspector may invite—
(a)a relevant body, or
(b)the regulator,
to appoint an adviser to assist in a safety investigation.
(5) Paragraphs (3) and (4) do not apply if making such an appointment or giving such an invitation would give rise to a conflict of interest for SAIA.
(6) In this regulation, “relevant body” means any international body or national body involved with spaceflight activities.