The Spaceflight Activities (Investigation of Spaceflight Accidents) Regulations 2021

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 General

   1. 1. Citation, commencement and extent

   2. 2. Application of these Regulations

   3. 3. Interpretation

   4. 4. Service of notices and other documents

3. PART 2 Inspectors and the safety investigation authority

   1. 5. Safety investigation authority

   2. 6. Appointment of Inspectors of Spaceflight Accidents

4. PART 3 First steps after the spaceflight accident

   1. 7. Obligation to notify spaceflight accident

   2. 8. Information on persons and dangerous goods on board a launch vehicle following a spaceflight accident

   3. 9. Preservation of evidence

   4. 10. Coordination of investigations

5. PART 4 The safety investigation and inspectors’ powers

   1. CHAPTER 1 The safety investigation

      1. 11. Objective and independence of a safety investigation

      2. 12. The extent of a safety investigation

      3. 13. Reopening of safety investigation

   2. CHAPTER 2 The duty to investigate and powers to investigate

      1. 14. Duty to investigate

      2. 15. Power to investigate

      3. 16. Power to investigate spaceflight accidents occurring elsewhere than the United Kingdom

   3. CHAPTER 3 Assistance with UK safety investigations

      1. 17. Assistance with safety investigations

   4. CHAPTER 4 Accredited representatives, advisers and state experts

      1. 18. Accredited representatives and advisers

      2. 19. State appointment of experts

      3. 20. Participation in another state’s investigation

   5. CHAPTER 5 Investigator-in-charge

      1. 21. Investigator-in-charge

      2. 22. Delegation of powers by investigator-in-charge

   6. CHAPTER 6 Inspectors’ powers

      1. 23. Rights of access to information and records

      2. 24. Inspectors’ powers of entry and inspection of land or premises in the United Kingdom

   7. CHAPTER 7 Inspectors’ powers in relation to witnesses and the release of evidence

      1. 25. Inspectors’ powers to call and examine a witness

      2. 26. Inspectors’ powers relating to evidence from a witness

      3. 27. Release of evidence to owner

   8. CHAPTER 8 Expenses

      1. 28. Recovery of expenses

6. PART 5

   1. Sensitive safety information

      1. 29. Interpretation

      2. 30. Protection of information and permitted disclosures

      3. 31. Court application for disclosure

7. PART 6

   1. The safety investigation report and safety recommendations

      1. 32. The duty to prepare a safety investigation report

      2. 33. Notice of safety investigation report

      3. 34. Pre-publication copies of the final safety investigation report

      4. 35. Safety recommendations

      5. 36. What happens after a person receives a safety recommendation

8. PART 7

   1. Contraventions and sanctions

      1. 37. Failure to notify a spaceflight accident

      2. 38. Obstruction

      3. 39. Failure to comply with witness summons

      4. 40. Failure to preserve evidence

      5. 41. Failure to protect sensitive safety information

      6. 42. Unauthorised disclosure of information relating to a safety investigation

      7. 43. Failure to provide information on persons and dangerous goods on board a launch vehicle following a spaceflight accident

      8. 44. Disclosure of information relating to persons on board a launch vehicle and persons to be contacted in the event of a spaceflight accident

      9. 45. Penalties

9. PART 8

   1. Review

      1. 46. Review

10. Signature

11. Explanatory Note