Republic of Latvia Cabinet Regulation No. 550 Adopted 14 August 2007

Regulations Regarding the Procedures for the Registration and Accounting of Water Traffic Accidents, the Procedures for the Receipt and Issuing of Information to be Registered and the Amount Thereof

Issued pursuant to
Section 10, Paragraph three of the law On Police

1. The Regulation prescribes the procedures for the registration and accounting of water traffic accidents occurring in internal waters (hereinafter - the accident), and also the procedures for the receipt and issuing of information to be registered and the amount thereof.

2. An official of the State Police shall register the information on the accident in the protocol for the accounting of water traffic accidents (hereinafter - the protocol) (Annex 1).

3. The State Police and its territorial unit shall, within one working day, send the completed protocols to the Department for Public Security of Central Civil Police Department of the State Police. The Department for Public Security shall register the information included in the protocols in the water traffic accident register (hereinafter - the register) (Annex 2).

4. The following information on the accident shall be accounted in the register:

4.1. the date and time of the accident;

4.2. the place of the accident - the type of the body of water (river, lake, other bodies of water), name of the place, connection to facilities (distance in kilometres);

4.3. the type of the accident:

4.3.1. collision;

4.3.2. rollover;

4.3.3. running into an obstacle;

4.3.4. running into a person;

4.3.5. running into a stationary vessel;

4.3.6. a passenger falling overboard;

4.3.7. foundering;

4.3.8. other type;

4.4. the circumstances of the accident (for example, weather conditions, visibility, seamarks and lights).

5. The following information on the persons and victims involved in the accident shall be accounted in the register:

5.1. given name, surname;

5.2. personal identity number (if none, date of birth);

5.3. nationality;

5.4. gender;

5.5. status of the person:

5.5.1. boatmaster;

5.5.2. passenger;

5.5.3. swimmer;

5.6. licence number for the right to navigate the respective vessel;

5.7. effects of alcoholic, narcotic, or other intoxicating substances:

5.7.1. the type;

5.7.2. the concentration;

5.8. consequences:

5.8.1. light bodily injuries with impairment of health;

5.8.2. moderate bodily injuries;

5.8.3. severe bodily injuries;

5.8.4. severe bodily injuries that have resulted in death;

5.8.5. death at the scene of the accident.

6. The following information shall be accounted in the register on the pleasure boats and small crafts (hereinafter - the vessel) involved in the accident:

6.1. in relation to the vessel:

6.1.1. the type;

6.1.2. the brand;

6.1.3. the model;

6.1.4. the State registration number;

6.2. the owner of the vessel:

6.2.1. given name, surname or the registration number of the legal person;

6.2.2. nationality;

6.2.3. place of residence (address for a legal person).

7. A medical treatment institution shall immediately notify the State Police of persons who have been provided with medical care due to bodily injuries sustained in the accident if such information is at the disposal thereof.

8. The State Police shall submit the information on the registered accidents to the State and local government authorities, natural and legal persons, and also for conducting of scientific and statistical studies.

9. A natural person (on themselves and their children under 18 years of age) or their authorised representative, or legal representative (on a person under care or guardianship), upon the presentation of documents confirming their rights, may receive the information included in the register by submitting a written request to the State Police.

10. The following shall be indicated in the request:

10.1. the given name, surname, and personal identity number of the person requesting the information;

10.2. the address of the declared place of residence;

10.3. the reasons justifying the receipt of information;

10.4. the extent of the necessary information.

11. The representative of a legal person by presenting notarised authorisation or a document certifying the right of the official to represent the legal person without special authorisation may receive the information included in the register by submitting a written request to the State Police.

12. The following shall be indicated in the request:

12.1. the name of the legal person;

12.2. the registration number of the legal person;

12.3. the legal address of the legal person;

12.4. the reasons justifying the receipt of information;

12.5. the extent of the necessary information.

13. The information included in the register which is intended to be used for scientific or statistical studies may be received by a person conducting the relevant study by submitting a written request to the State Police.

14. The following shall be indicated in the request:

14.1. the given name, surname, and personal identity number of the person conducting the scientific or statistical study;

14.2. the subject of the scientific or statistical study;

14.3. the extent of the necessary information;

14.4. the purpose of the scientific or statistical study or the reasons justifying the receipt of information.

15. On the basis of the request, the State Police shall provide written information on the registered accidents within the following time periods:

15.1. on one or two accidents - within five working days after receipt of the request;

15.2. on several accidents - within 10 working days after receipt of the request;

15.3. if the preparation of the information requires special data preparation methods - within 20 working days after receipt of the request.

16. If the request does not include all the information provided for in Paragraph ten, twelve, or fourteen of this Regulation or it is not possible to objectively identify the requested information, the State Police may refuse to provide the information on the registered accidents. The State Police shall provide a reasoned refusal to the person requesting the information within five working days after receiving the request.

Prime Minister A. Kalvītis

Minister for the Interior I.Godmanis

 

Annex 1
Cabinet Regulation No. 550
14 August 2007

Protocol for the Accounting of Water Traffic Accidents

20 _____ _____________ No. _____________________

Official who drew up the protocol
	(institution, position, given name, surname)

I. Information on the accident

Date and time of the accident  .  .   .

at   :

Name of the place name where the accident occurred

Type of the body of water
	(river, lake, other bodies of water, connection to facilities (distance))

Connection of the place of the accident to the facility
	(facility, distance)

Type of the accident:	collision rollover running into an obstacle running into a person running into a standing vessel a passenger falling overboard foundering other type

Circumstances of the accident
	(for example, weather conditions, visibility, seamarks and lights)

II. Information on the Persons and Victims Involved in the Accident

(given name, surname)

Personal identity number       -     

or date of birth  .  .    .

Nationality and type thereof

Gender: male female

Status of the person: boatmaster passenger swimmer

Licence number for the right to navigate the respective vessel

Effects of alcoholic, narcotic, or other intoxicating substances:

type
concentration

Information on bodily injuries of the person:

light bodily injuries with impairment of health moderate bodily injuries severe bodily injuries severe bodily injuries that have resulted in death death at the scene of the accident

III. Information on the Vessels Involved in the Accident

Type		Brand

Model

State registration number

Ownership:

(given name, surname or name of the legal person)

Personal identity number or the registration number of a legal person

Nationality

Place of residence (address for a legal person)

Annex No. _____________
Protocol for the Accounting of Water Traffic Accidents No. _________

Information on the Persons and Victims Involved in the Accident

(given name, surname)

Personal identity number       -     

or date of birth  .  .    .

Nationality and type thereof

Gender: male female

Status of the person: boatmaster passenger swimmer

Licence number for the right to navigate the respective vessel

Effects of alcoholic, narcotic, or other intoxicating substances:

type
concentration

Information on the bodily injuries of the person:

light bodily injuries with impairment of health moderate bodily injuries severe bodily injuries severe bodily injuries that have resulted in death death at the scene of the accident

Information on the Vessels Involved in the Accident

Type		Brand

Model

State registration number

Ownership:

(given name, surname or name of the legal person)

Personal identity number or registration number of a legal person

Nationality

Place of residence (address for a legal person)

Minister for the Interior I.Godmanis

 

Annex 2
Cabinet Regulation No. 550
14 August 2007

Water Traffic Accident Register

No.

Information on the accident

Information on the persons and victims involved in the accident

Information on the vessels involved in the accident

Number of the protocol for the accounting of water traffic accidents

Official who drew up the protocol for the accounting of water traffic accidents

name of the place where the accident occurred

date and time of the accident

type of the accident

given name, surname

personal identity number or date of birth

effects of alcoholic, narcotic, or other intoxicating substances (type, degree)

status of the person

consequences

type, brand, model, State registration number

data of a natural or legal person

Minister for the Interior I.Godmanis

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