The Space Industry Regulations 2021

Classification of crew

143.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a spaceflight operator may classify a crew member for the purpose of regulation 135(1) and (2) and a crew member classified under this regulation is referred to in this Part as a “classified crew member”.

(2) A spaceflight operator must not classify a crew member unless—

(a) at the crew member’s most recent medical examination or health review, under regulation 144, an approved doctor determined that the crew member is—

(i) fit to work as a classified crew member, or

(ii) fit, subject to certain conditions, to work as a classified crew member, and

(b) in a case within sub-paragraph (a)(ii), the conditions are complied with.

(3) A spaceflight operator must, as soon as is practicable following a crew member’s most recent medical examination or health review under regulation 144, review the suitability of the crew member for the crew member’s classification, having regard to the results of—

(a) any monitoring under regulation 139 or 146 undertaken in relation to the crew member since the beginning of the year in which the medical examination or health review takes place,

(b) the crew member’s most recent medical examination or health review under regulation 144, and

(c) any other medical examination the crew member has been subject to since the date of the crew member’s most recent medical examination or health review under regulation 144.

(4) A spaceflight operator must cease to classify a crew member as a classified crew member if—

(a) at the crew member’s most recent medical examination or health review, in accordance with regulation 144, an approved doctor determines that the crew member is—

(i) unfit to work as a classified crew member, or

(ii) fit, subject to certain conditions, to work as a classified crew member, and

(b) in a case within sub-paragraph (a)(ii), the conditions are not complied with.