PART 8Safety of operator’s spaceflight activities
CHAPTER 6Offences and penalties
Failure of launch director to check conditions met before operator’s spaceflight activities commenceI1124
A launch director who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the obligation to check that the conditions in regulation 99(2) are met before an operator’s spaceflight activities commence, commits an offence.
Failure of flight termination personnel to follow obligation to make a flight termination decisionI2125
A member of the flight termination personnel who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the obligation to make a flight termination decision in regulation 100(2), commits an offence.
Failure of a pilot in command or remote pilot to carry out obligations before the flightI3126
Failure of pilot in command or remote pilot to carry out flight safelyI4127
A pilot in command, or a remote pilot, who fails to comply with the obligations in regulation 115(1), commits an offence.
Failure of a pilot in command, flight crew or a remote pilot to remain at stationsI5128
1
A member of the flight crew who fails to comply with the requirement in regulation 116(1) to remain at that member’s station secured in their seat by a safety belt or other restraint device unless there is more than one member of the flight crew and the pilot in command permits the member to leave that station for the reasons referred to in regulation 116(1)(a) or (b), commits an offence.
2
Failure of a pilot in command to carry out obligations to a spaceflight participant about stationsI6129
A pilot in command who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the requirement in regulation 117 to ensure that a spaceflight participant is seated at the spaceflight participant’s assigned station and secured in that spaceflight participant’s seat by a safety belt or other restraint device at the times or during the periods referred to in regulation 117(a) to (c), commits an offence.
Failure of a remote pilot to carry out obligations to a spaceflight participant about stationsI7130
A remote pilot who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the requirement in regulation 118 to ensure that a spaceflight participant is seated at the spaceflight participant’s assigned station and secured in that spaceflight participant’s seat by a safety belt or other restraint device at the times or during the periods referred to in regulation 118(a) to (c), commits an offence.
Failure of a launch director or a safety manager to carry out obligations to a spaceflight participant about stationsI8131
1
A launch director referred to in regulation 119(1)(a), who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the requirement in regulation 119 to ensure that a spaceflight participant is seated at the spaceflight participant’s assigned station and secured in that spaceflight participant’s seat by a safety belt or other restraint device at the times or during the periods referred to in regulation 119(2)(a) to (c), commits an offence.
2
A safety manager referred to in regulation 119(1)(b), who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the requirement in regulation 119 to ensure that a spaceflight participant is seated at the spaceflight participant’s assigned station and secured in that spaceflight participant’s seat by a safety belt or other restraint device at the times or during the periods referred to in regulation 119(2)(a) to (c), commits an offence.
Failure of a spaceflight participant to remain at stationI9132
A spaceflight participant who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the requirement in regulation 121(1) to remain seated at the spaceflight participant’s assigned station and secured in that participant’s seat by a safety belt or other restraint device at all times or during all the periods referred to in regulations 117 to 119 unless one of the individuals listed in regulation 121(2) permits that participant to leave that station, commits an offence.
PenaltiesI10133
a
on summary conviction in England and Wales, to a fine;
b
on summary conviction in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
c
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.