2018 CIVIL A Vli\TION AMENDivlFNT No.IO has any of the qualifications referred to in subsection (2) to be the Chief lnvesti gator of Accidents for an initial period not e\:cecding twenty-four months and. if needed, for subsequent consecutive periods not exceeding twelve months at a time. (6)The ChicflnvestigatorofAccidents referred to in subsection (5) shall continue to be paid by the Authority and have the same conditions of service as are applicable to other employees of the Authority of his or her seniority within theAuthority. but he or she shall othenvise be answerable to the head of the Ministry that is responsible for administering this Act and be subject to the discipline of the Civil Service while he or she is so seconded. (7) Until such time as one or more substantive accident investigators who are qualified in terms of subsection (2) arc identified and appointee!, subsections (5) and (6) shall apply to the seconclment of such investigators as they apply to the secondment of an Chief Inspector of Accidents in terms of those subsections. (8) In the e\·ent of an occurrence the Minister may, at the request of the Chief Investigator of Accidents. request the Authority to second to the Ministry that is responsible for administering this Act one or more employees of the Authority who has any of the qualifications referred to in subsection (2) to assist the Chief Investigator as investigators for the duration of an investigation into the causes of the occurrence. and subsection (6) shall apply to the secondment of such investigators as they apply to the seconclment of an Chief Investigator of Accidents. (9) .For the avoidance of doubt it is declared that no emplo.yee of theAuthority who is seconded to the Ministry in terms of this section shall, by reason of such secondment or anything done in good faith pursuant to such secondment, be dismissed or penalised or suffer any diminution in his or her conditions of service with the Authority upon the termination of such secondment. 55A Expenses of investigation of occurrences (1) For the purpose of irn-estigating an occurrence, the Chief Investigator of Accidents shall have power to require the Authority to pay any moneys from the Accidents and Occurrences Contingency Account referred to in section 32(2)(a) the expenses of(a) retaining any person whose specialist or expert knowledge or skills arc required for the investigation of the occurrence and the determination of its causes; and (b) having any item or sample connected with the occurrence tested inside or outside Zimbabwe; and (c) doing any other thing necessary to discover the causes or any occurrence and to complete the investigation pertaining thereto. (2) At the conclusion of an investigation in respcd of which any moneys have been paid from the Accidents and Occurrences Contingency Account in terms of subsection (l). the Chief Investigator of Accidents shall. in a written report to the head of the Ministry responsible for administering this Act, render an account or the manner in which he or she has expended the moneys. cf29