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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 General

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and extent

    2. 2.Application of these Regulations

    3. 3.Interpretation

    4. 4.Service of notices and other documents

  3. PART 2 Inspectors and the safety investigation authority

    1. 5.Safety investigation authority

    2. 6.Appointment of Inspectors of Spaceflight Accidents

  4. PART 3 First steps after the spaceflight accident

    1. 7.Obligation to notify spaceflight accident

    2. 8.Information on persons and dangerous goods on board a launch vehicle following a spaceflight accident

    3. 9.Preservation of evidence

    4. 10.Coordination of investigations

  5. PART 4 The safety investigation and inspectors’ powers

    1. CHAPTER 1 The safety investigation

      1. 11.Objective and independence of a safety investigation

      2. 12.The extent of a safety investigation

      3. 13.Reopening of safety investigation

    2. CHAPTER 2 The duty to investigate and powers to investigate

      1. 14.Duty to investigate

      2. 15.Power to investigate

      3. 16.Power to investigate spaceflight accidents occurring elsewhere than the United Kingdom

    3. CHAPTER 3 Assistance with UK safety investigations

      1. 17.Assistance with safety investigations

    4. CHAPTER 4 Accredited representatives, advisers and state experts

      1. 18.Accredited representatives and advisers

      2. 19.State appointment of experts

      3. 20.Participation in another state’s investigation

    5. CHAPTER 5 Investigator-in-charge

      1. 21.Investigator-in-charge

      2. 22.Delegation of powers by investigator-in-charge

    6. CHAPTER 6 Inspectors’ powers

      1. 23.Rights of access to information and records

      2. 24.Inspectors’ powers of entry and inspection of land or premises in the United Kingdom

    7. CHAPTER 7 Inspectors’ powers in relation to witnesses and the release of evidence

      1. 25.Inspectors’ powers to call and examine a witness

      2. 26.Inspectors’ powers relating to evidence from a witness

      3. 27.Release of evidence to owner

    8. CHAPTER 8 Expenses

      1. 28.Recovery of expenses

  6. PART 5

    1. Sensitive safety information

      1. 29.Interpretation

      2. 30.Protection of information and permitted disclosures

      3. 31.Court application for disclosure

  7. PART 6

    1. The safety investigation report and safety recommendations

      1. 32.The duty to prepare a safety investigation report

      2. 33.Notice of safety investigation report

      3. 34.Pre-publication copies of the final safety investigation report

      4. 35.Safety recommendations

      5. 36.What happens after a person receives a safety recommendation

  8. PART 7

    1. Contraventions and sanctions

      1. 37.Failure to notify a spaceflight accident

      2. 38.Obstruction

      3. 39.Failure to comply with witness summons

      4. 40.Failure to preserve evidence

      5. 41.Failure to protect sensitive safety information

      6. 42.Unauthorised disclosure of information relating to a safety investigation

      7. 43.Failure to provide information on persons and dangerous goods on board a launch vehicle following a spaceflight accident

      8. 44.Disclosure of information relating to persons on board a launch vehicle and persons to be contacted in the event of a spaceflight accident

      9. 45.Penalties

  9. PART 8

    1. Review

      1. 46.Review

  10. Signature

  11. Explanatory Note