Safety

I119Safety regulations

1

Regulations (referred to in this Act as “safety regulations”) may make provision for the purposes of—

a

securing the safe operation of spaceports and mission management facilities;

b

securing that spaceflight activities are carried out safely;

c

securing that the range for spaceflight activities enables the activities to be carried out safely.

2

Schedule 3 gives examples of particular kinds of provision that may be made by safety regulations.

That Schedule does not limit subsection (1).

3

The regulator may issue guidance about how a person carrying out spaceflight activities, operating a spaceport or providing range control services may comply with requirements imposed by safety regulations.

4

In this Act “mission management facility” means a site (other than a spaceport) from which spaceflight activities are controlled or (as the case may be) are to be controlled.