Legislation – Space Industry Act 2018
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Safety
19Safety regulations
(1)
Regulations (referred to in this Act as “safety regulations”) may make provision for the purposes of—
(a)
securing the safe operation of spaceports and mission management facilities;
(b)
securing that spaceflight activities are carried out safely;
(c)
securing that the range for spaceflight activities enables the activities to be carried out safely.
(2)
Schedule 3 gives examples of particular kinds of provision that may be made by safety regulations.
That Schedule does not limit subsection (1).
(3)
The regulator may issue guidance about how a person carrying out spaceflight activities, operating a spaceport or providing range control services may comply with requirements imposed by safety regulations.
(4)
In this Act “mission management facility” means a site (other than a spaceport) from which spaceflight activities are controlled or (as the case may be) are to be controlled.