Legislation – Space Industry Act 2018
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Powers in relation to land: supplementary
48Compensation in respect of planning decisions relating to spaceport safety etc: Northern Ireland
(1)
A district council in Northern Ireland is entitled to recover from the relevant person a sum equal to any compensation that council is liable to pay, if—
(a)
the council becomes liable to pay compensation to any person because of a planning decision taken under the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 by a council, the Department for Infrastructure, or the Planning Appeals Commission, and
(b)
the liability is attributable to a planning decision that would not have been taken but for the need to secure the safe and efficient operation of—
(i)
a spaceport, or
(ii)
range control apparatus.
(2)
“The relevant person” is—
(a)
where subsection (1)(b)(i) applies, the person authorised to operate the spaceport by a spaceport licence;
(b)
where subsection (1)(b)(ii) applies, the range control service provider who operates the relevant range control apparatus.
(3)
In this section—
“planning decision” includes a revocation or modification of a planning permission under Part 3 of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011;
“range control apparatus” means apparatus operated by a range control service provider for the purposes of providing range control services.