The National Security and Investment Act 2021 (Notifiable Acquisition) (Specification of Qualifying Entities) Regulations 2021

Interpretation U.K.

1.  In this Schedule—

“defence” has the meaning given to it by section 2(4) of the Official Secrets Act 1989;

“infrastructure” includes any of the following—

(a)

command and control stations;

(b)

ground stations, ground sites and ground support equipment;

(c)

software (including analysis software);

(d)

information technology and telecommunications networks (including fibre cables);

(e)

uplink and downlink terminals;

(f)

data processing and storage facilities (including databases);

(g)

satellites;

(h)

technological systems and equipment deployed in outer space or on earth;

“outer space” has the meaning given to it by section 13(1) of the Outer Space Act 1986(1);

“space activity” and “sub-orbital activity” have the meaning given to them by section 1(4) of the Space Industry Act 2018(2);

“spacecraft” has the meaning given to it by section 2(6) of the Space Industry Act 2018;

“space derived data” means data obtained from space activity or from ground stations receiving data from outer space or from both space activity and ground stations receiving data from outer space, including data relating to—

(a)

position, navigation and timing;

(b)

earth observation;

(c)

space situational awareness;

(d)

telecommunications;

(e)

signal intelligence;

(f)

remote sensing; and

(g)

research and development;

“space situational awareness” includes surveillance and tracking of satellites in outer space, monitoring and forecasting of weather in outer space, and mapping or detection of near earth objects or debris in outer space;

“testing” includes any service that provides quality assurance assessment of—

(a)

equipment or systems for space activity or services derived from space activity, including engines, component parts, radio frequency, software and systems;

(b)

facilities that manufacture, design or create any of the equipment set out in paragraph 3(e);

(c)

launch site equipment or facilities; and

(d)

equipment or facilities for transport of satellites, launch vehicles or their component parts between sites.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 14 para. 1 in force at 4.1.2022, see reg. 1(2)

(1)

1986 c. 38. The definition of “outer space” in section 69 of the Space Industry Act 2018 (c. 5) also refers to the Outer Space Act 1986. The Outer Space Act 1986 is amended by the Space Industry Act 2018 but does not have any amendments relevant to this definition.

(2)

2018 c. 5.