Legislation – Space Industry Act 2018
SCHEDULE 3Safety regulations: further provision
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(1)
Safety regulations may—
(a)
provide for any of sections 92 to 94 of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (aviation: alcohol and drugs) to apply (to the extent that they otherwise would not) in relation to spaceflight activities;
(b)
provide for any of those provisions of that Act to apply with prescribed modifications;
(c)
make provision corresponding to that made by any of those provisions of that Act.
(2)
The power in sub-paragraph (1)(b) does not include power—
(a)
to modify the mode of trial for an offence, or
(b)
to specify greater penalties for it.
(3)
The power in sub-paragraph (1)(c) does not include power—
(a)
to make different provision with regard to the mode of trial for a new offence, or
(b)
to specify greater penalties for a new offence,
as compared with the provision or penalties that apply to the existing offence to which the new offence corresponds.