Legislation – Space Industry Act 2018
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Offences and civil sanctions
54Offences under regulations
(1)
Regulations under this Act may create offences.
(2)
Regulations may provide for an offence under the regulations to be triable—
(a)
only summarily, or
(b)
either summarily or on indictment.
(3)
Regulations may provide for an offence under the regulations that is triable either way to be punishable—
(a)
on summary conviction in England and Wales, with a fine;
(b)
on summary conviction in Scotland or Northern Ireland, with a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(c)
on conviction on indictment, with imprisonment for a term not exceeding the period prescribed, which may not exceed two years, or a fine (or both).
(4)
Subsection (3)(c) has effect with the substitution of “
for “two years” in the case of a provision about endangering a spacecraft or persons in a spacecraft.
five years
”
(5)
Regulations may provide for a summary offence under the regulations to be punishable—
(a)
in England and Wales—
(i)
with a fine, or
(ii)
with a fine not exceeding a prescribed amount, which must not exceed level 4 on the standard scale;
(b)
in Scotland or Northern Ireland, with a fine not exceeding a prescribed amount, which must not exceed level 5 on the standard scale.
(6)
This section is subject to—
(a)
section 52(3) and (4);
(b)
paragraph 6(2) and (3) of Schedule 3;
(c)
paragraph 4 of Schedule 5.