124. 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.
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I1Reg. 124 in force at 29.7.2021, see reg. 1(1)
125. 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.
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I2Reg. 125 in force at 29.7.2021, see reg. 1(1)
126. A pilot in command, or a remote pilot, who fails to comply with the obligations in regulation 114(a) or (b) before the flight, commits an offence.
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I3Reg. 126 in force at 29.7.2021, see reg. 1(1)
127. A pilot in command, or a remote pilot, who fails to comply with the obligations in regulation 115(1), commits an offence.
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I4Reg. 127 in force at 29.7.2021, see reg. 1(1)
128.—(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) A pilot in command who leaves the pilot in command’s station for reasons other than those referred to in regulation 116(2)(a) to (c), commits an offence.
(3) A remote pilot who leaves the remote pilot’s station for reasons other than those referred to in regulation 116(3)(a) to (c), commits an offence.
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I5Reg. 128 in force at 29.7.2021, see reg. 1(1)
129. 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.
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I6Reg. 129 in force at 29.7.2021, see reg. 1(1)
130. 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.
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I7Reg. 130 in force at 29.7.2021, see reg. 1(1)
131.—(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.
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I8Reg. 131 in force at 29.7.2021, see reg. 1(1)
132. 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.
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I9Reg. 132 in force at 29.7.2021, see reg. 1(1)
133. A person who is guilty of an offence under any of regulations 124 to 132 is liable—
(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.
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I10Reg. 133 in force at 29.7.2021, see reg. 1(1)