The Spaceflight Activities (Investigation of Spaceflight Accidents) Regulations 2021

What happens after a person receives a safety recommendation

36.—(1) The person to whom the safety recommendation (“the recommendation”) is addressed (“the addressee”) must—

(a) acknowledge receipt of the recommendation to SAIA immediately, and

(b) within 90 days of the date of receiving the recommendation—

(i) if the addressee has taken action to implement the recommendation, tell SAIA what action has been taken,

(ii) if the addressee is considering taking action to implement the recommendation, tell SAIA what action is being considered and how long it will take to implement it, or

(iii) give reasons to SAIA for not implementing the recommendation.

(2) SAIA must, within 60 days of receiving the acknowledgment and any other information referred to in paragraph (1), tell the addressee—

(a) whether or not SAIA considers that the action taken or proposed to implement the recommendation is adequate, or

(b) any reasons for disagreeing with the addressee’s decision to take no action to implement the recommendation.

(3) The addressee must—

(a) keep records of all action taken to implement the recommendation;

(b) inform SAIA—

(i) if the action taken to implement the recommendation has changed from the action notified to SAIA under paragraph (1)(b)(i) or (ii);

(ii) when the addressee has completed all the action they propose to take to implement the recommendation.

(4) SAIA must—

(a) keep records of responses to a safety recommendation by addressees, and

(b) publish—

(i) the responses to safety recommendations, and

(ii) SAIA’s assessment of those responses sent to the addressee under paragraph (2).