Legislation – Space Industry Act 2018
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Offences and civil sanctions
52Offences on board spacecraft: supplementary
(1)
Regulations may—
(a)
provide for any of the listed provisions to apply (to the extent that they otherwise would not) to or in connection with spacecraft;
(b)
provide for any of the listed provisions to apply with prescribed modifications;
(c)
make provision corresponding to that made by any of the listed provisions.
(2)
The listed provisions are—
(a)
section 94 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (powers of commander of aircraft);
(b)
section 95 of that Act (provisions as to evidence in connection with aircraft), and subsections (4) and (5) of section 92 of that Act (application of criminal law to aircraft) as they apply by virtue of section 95(5) of that Act.
(3)
The power under this section to apply with modifications a provision that creates an offence does not include power—
(a)
to modify the mode of trial for the offence, or
(b)
to specify greater penalties for it.
(4)
The power under this section to make provision corresponding to a provision that creates an offence 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.