- Latest available (Revised)
- Original (As made)
This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format.
37.—(1) Any person involved who—
(a)has knowledge of the occurrence of a spaceflight accident in or over the United Kingdom, and
(b)fails, without reasonable excuse, to notify it without delay to the Chief Inspector and, in the case of a serious spaceflight accident, a police officer or, in relation to Scotland, constable for the area where the accident occurred,
contravenes these Regulations.
(2) Any person involved—
(a)who has knowledge of—
(i)the occurrence of a spaceflight accident occurring elsewhere than in or over the United Kingdom, and
(ii)the existence of any circumstances referred to in regulation 16(b), and
(b)fails, without reasonable excuse, to notify the spaceflight accident without delay to the Chief Inspector,
contravenes these Regulations.
38.—(1) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, obstructs or impedes an Inspector in the exercise of any duties, powers or entitlements imposed or conferred by these Regulations, contravenes these Regulations.
(2) Any person who knowingly provides false or misleading information to an Inspector in connection with a safety investigation contravenes these Regulations.
39. Any person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a witness summons served under regulation 25(2) contravenes these Regulations.
40.—(1) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes any of the prohibitions in regulation 9 contravenes these Regulations.
(2) Any person involved who fails, without reasonable excuse, to take the necessary steps described in paragraph (4) of regulation 9 contravenes these Regulations.
41.—(1) Any person who knowingly contravenes any of the prohibitions in regulation 30 contravenes these Regulations.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to information which is included in a safety investigation report.
(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply where a person makes sensitive safety information available to another person (“person A”) in the following circumstances—
(a)in a case where person A is a party to, or otherwise entitled to appear at judicial proceedings and the relevant court has ordered that sensitive safety information must be made available to person A for the purposes of those proceedings;
(b)in any other case, where the relevant court has ordered that sensitive safety information must be made available to person A for other specified purposes.
(4) The relevant court must not make an order under paragraph (3) unless it is satisfied that the benefits of the disclosure of the sensitive safety information concerned outweigh the adverse domestic and international consequences which the disclosure might have on the safety investigation to which the information relates or any future safety investigation.
(5) In this regulation—
“judicial proceedings” includes any proceedings before any court, tribunal or person having by law power to hear, receive and examine evidence on oath;
“relevant court” means—
in the case of judicial proceedings or an application for disclosure made in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, the High Court;
in the case of judicial proceedings or an application for disclosure made in Scotland, the Court of Session.
42.—(1) This regulation applies to a person who receives information from—
(a)an Inspector in accordance with regulation 30, or
(b)the investigator-in-charge in accordance with regulation 33(1) or 34.
(2) Any person to whom this regulation applies who, without the prior written consent of the Chief Inspector in the case of paragraph (1)(a), or the investigator-in-charge in the case of paragraph (1)(b), causes or permits that information or any part of it to be disclosed to any other person before it is made publicly available by the Chief Inspector (on publication of the final safety investigation report or otherwise) contravenes these Regulations.
43.—(1) This regulation applies where a spaceflight accident has occurred in or over the United Kingdom.
(2) Where the spaceflight operator responsible for a launch vehicle involved in the spaceflight accident fails to—
(a)provide to the Chief Inspector, within two hours of the notification by the operator of the occurrence of that accident, the list required by regulation 8(1)(a), or
(b)provide to the Chief Inspector, immediately following the notification by the operator of the occurrence of that accident, the list required by regulation 8(1)(b),
the operator contravenes these Regulations.
44. Any person who causes or permits—
(a)any information contained in a list produced pursuant to regulation 8(1)(a), or
(b)any information provided to the Chief Inspector pursuant to regulation 8(1)(b),
to be used or disclosed other than in accordance with these Regulations, contravenes these Regulations.
45. A person who has contravened these Regulations as set out in regulations 37 to 44 is guilty of an offence, and 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 51 weeks.
Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area.
Original (As Enacted or Made): The original version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.
Explanatory Memorandum sets out a brief statement of the purpose of a Statutory Instrument and provides information about its policy objective and policy implications. They aim to make the Statutory Instrument accessible to readers who are not legally qualified and accompany any Statutory Instrument or Draft Statutory Instrument laid before Parliament from June 2004 onwards.
Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
Impact Assessments generally accompany all UK Government interventions of a regulatory nature that affect the private sector, civil society organisations and public services. They apply regardless of whether the regulation originates from a domestic or international source and can accompany primary (Acts etc) and secondary legislation (SIs). An Impact Assessment allows those with an interest in the policy area to understand:
Use this menu to access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
Click 'View More' or select 'More Resources' tab for additional information including: