SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4Offences against the safety of spacecraft etc

Endangering safety at spaceports

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1

It is an offence for a person, by means of a device, substance or weapon, intentionally to commit at a spaceport an act of violence that—

a

causes or is likely to cause death or serious personal injury, and

b

endangers or is likely to endanger the safe operation of the spaceport or the safety of persons at the spaceport.

2

It is also an offence for a person, by means of a device, substance or weapon, unlawfully and intentionally—

a

to destroy or seriously to damage—

i

property used for the provision of facilities at a spaceport (including any apparatus or equipment so used), or

ii

a spacecraft or carrier aircraft at a spaceport, other than a craft that is being prepared for launch or has completed a flight within the previous 24 hours, or

b

to disrupt the services of a spaceport,

in such a way as to endanger or be likely to endanger the safe operation of the spaceport or the safety of persons at the spaceport.

3

Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) apply—

a

whether the act in question is committed in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, and

b

whatever the nationality of the person committing the act.

4

In this paragraph “unlawfully” has the same meaning as in paragraph 2.