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Terms of Reference

 

PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO THE IDENTIFICATION OF VICTIMS FOLLOWING     

 MAJOR TRANSPORT ACCIDENTS   

 

1.    To consider and to report on the procedures followed to establish the identity of the victims

       of the collision between the Bowbelle and the Marchioness.

 

2.    To review and to report on the procedures currently followed when establishing the identity  

        of victims following similar accidents

 

3.    In the interests of minimising distress to the families of the victims:

       (1) To advise on what additional procedures should be followed, if any, when the need to

              identify victims arises following similar accidents, and

       (2) To consider and advise on procedures for the notification and involvement of the next of

              kin in cases when it is necessary to establish the identity of such victims.