The Space Industry Regulations 2021

Interpretation

168.  In this Part—

“appropriate authorities” has the meaning given in regulation 184(3);

“controlled area” means a space site security restricted area which—

(a)

has US technology,

(b)

has launch activities taking place in that area,

(c)

is designated as a controlled area by the Secretary of State, and

(d)

is prescribed as a controlled area under paragraph 1(1)(a) of Schedule 5 to the Act;

“essential services” means services which are essential for the maintenance of critical societal or economic activities;

“foreign spacecraft” has the meaning given in the Technology Safeguards Agreement;

“launch activities” has the meaning given in the Technology Safeguards Agreement;

“NASP directed aerodrome” means an aerodrome which is subject to the direction of the Secretary of State under sections 12, 13, 13A, 14 and 15 of the Aviation Security Act 1982(1);

“network and information systems” has the meaning given in regulation 185(3);

“non-US vehicle” has the same meaning as “Foreign Launch Vehicle” has in the Technology Safeguards Agreement;

“notifiable incident” has the meaning given in regulation 186(2);

“security” in connection with network and information systems has the meaning given in regulation 186(2);

“security operative” means an individual who is engaged by the security manager to perform security functions on behalf of a licensee at a space site;

“segregated area” means an area within a space site which is designated as a segregated area jointly by the Secretary of State and the US Government and is prescribed by the Secretary of State as a segregated area under paragraph 1(1)(a) of Schedule 5 to the Act where the licensee permits access only to persons authorised by the US Government to ensure that on an uninterrupted basis they can monitor, inspect, access and control access to US technology for the purposes of conducting launch activities;

“spaceflight operations” means—

(a)

spaceflight activities;

(b)

range control services;

(c)

activities associated with spaceflight activities and range control services;

(d)

activities associated with launch vehicles and their payloads;

“space site security restricted area” means an area within a space site designated by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the assembling and integration of launch vehicles or carrier aircraft(2), mating of launch vehicles or carrier aircraft to their payloads, and mission management or range control services where such activities require restricted access;

“special launch operator” means a person who holds a launch operator licence which authorises the launch of a US launch vehicle or of a launch vehicle carrying a US spacecraft;

“supplies” has the meaning given in regulation 177(2);

“supplier” has the meaning given in regulation 179(4);

“Technology Transfer Control Plan” has the meaning given in the Technology Safeguards Agreement;

“unauthorised access or interference” in connection with the security of systems relating to spaceflight operations has the meaning given in regulation 185(3);

“unlawful occurrences” has the meaning given in regulation 185(3);

“UK participants”, “US launch vehicles”, “US licensees”, “US participants”, “US related equipment” and “US spacecraft” have the meanings given in the Technology Safeguards Agreement;

“US” means the United States of America;

“US technology” means any US launch vehicles, US related equipment, US technical data or US spacecraft;

“valid” has the meaning given in regulation 173(8).

(1)

1982 c. 36.

(2)

“carrier aircraft” is defined in section 2(6) of the Space Industry Act 2018.