| Guvnor

Enforced by: CAA
Status: Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling: Prosecution 1 of 2 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 1 has no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Director or Officer1

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Director or Officer — also bound by 429 other Acts

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 162 duties

Companies Act 2006 126 duties

Insolvency Act 1986 77 duties

The Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 68 duties

Building Societies Act 1986 32 duties

What it requires

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.007 Register of space objects. Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Secretary of State must maintain a public register of space objectsCrown / Minister / Government department

s.012 Offences. Prosecution

Breach of outer space licensing and safety regulationsDirector or Officer

Unlimited fine

15 other provisions — procedural and definitional

s.001 Activities to which this Act applies.

s.002 Persons to whom this Act applies.

s.003 Prohibition of unlicensed activities.

s.004 Grant of licence.

s.004 Charges

s.005 Terms of licence.

s.006 Transfer, variation, suspension or termination of licence.

s.006 Appeals

s.008 Power to give directions.

s.009 Warrant authorising direct action.

s.010 Obligation to indemnify government against claims.

s.011 Regulations.

s.013 Minor definitions.

s.014 Index of defined expressions.

s.015 Short title, commencement and extent.

Help complying

Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.

UK Space Industry Licensing

Obtain licences for satellite operations, launches, and space activities.

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.