The Spaceflight Activities (Investigation of Spaceflight Accidents) Regulations 2021

Safety recommendations

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

35.—(1) SAIA must make a safety recommendation where it considers that preventative action must be taken promptly to enhance the safety of spaceflight activities—

(a)at any stage of the safety investigation, or

(b)at any time on the basis of—

(i)studies or other information about the safety of spaceflight activities, or

(ii)analysis of a series of safety investigations.

(2) Where SAIA has participated in an investigation carried out by another state, SAIA may make a safety recommendation where it considers that preventative action must be taken promptly to enhance the safety of spaceflight activities, at any time after coordinating with the state concerned.

(3) SAIA must—

(a)make the safety recommendation in writing,

(b)address the safety recommendation to whichever authority and to whichever person the SAIA consider, in either case, to be in the best position to give effect to the recommendation, and

(c)publish the safety recommendation.

(4) The safety recommendation does not create a presumption of blame or liability for the spaceflight accident.