Acts, regulations, policies, and international conventions

The TSB is guided by various industry standards, as well as policies created within the TSB to help ensure that investigations are conducted in a systematic, thorough, and unbiased manner.

Acts and regulations

The following acts, regulations, and by-laws are relevant to the work performed by the TSB:

• Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act
  • Transportation Safety Board Regulations
    • The regulations were amended in 2014; see how this affected the aviation, marine, pipeline and rail sectors.
  • Transportation Safety Board By-laws
• Access to Information Act
• Privacy Act
• Railway Safety Act

Policies

• TSB Occurrence Classification Policy
• TSB Policy on Representations on Confidential Draft Reports

International conventions

• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• International Maritime Organization (IMO)