UK Statutory Instrument 2021 United Kingdom

The Spaceflight Activities (Investigation of Spaceflight Accidents) Regulations 2021

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2 compliance obligations

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s.008

Information on persons and dangerous goods on board a launch vehicle following a spaceflight accident

  • Notify Chief Inspector of persons and dangerous goods on board after spaceflight accident
s.036

What happens after a person receives a safety recommendation

  • Respond to SAIA safety recommendations within 90 days and keep records
Browse 44 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.001

Citation, commencement and extent

s.002

Application of these Regulations

s.003

Interpretation

s.004

Service of notices and other documents

s.005

Safety investigation authority

s.006

Appointment of Inspectors of Spaceflight Accidents

s.007

Obligation to notify spaceflight accident

s.009

Preservation of evidence

s.010

Coordination of investigations

s.011

Objective and independence of a safety investigation

s.012

The extent of a safety investigation

s.013

Reopening of safety investigation

s.014

Duty to investigate

s.015

Power to investigate

s.016

Power to investigate spaceflight accidents occurring elsewhere than the United Kingdom

s.017

Assistance with safety investigations

s.018

Accredited representatives and advisers

s.019

State appointment of experts

s.020

Participation in another state’s investigation

s.021

Investigator-in-charge

s.022

Delegation of powers by investigator-in-charge

s.023

Rights of access to information and records

s.024

Inspectors’ powers of entry and inspection of land or premises in the United Kingdom

s.025

Inspectors’ powers to call and examine a witness

s.026

Inspectors’ powers relating to evidence from a witness

s.027

Release of evidence to owner

s.028

Recovery of expenses

s.029

Interpretation

s.030

Protection of information and permitted disclosures

s.031

Court application for disclosure

s.032

The duty to prepare a safety investigation report

s.033

Notice of safety investigation report

s.034

Pre-publication copies of the final safety investigation report

s.035

Safety recommendations

s.037

Failure to notify a spaceflight accident

s.038

Obstruction

s.039

Failure to comply with witness summons

s.040

Failure to preserve evidence

s.041

Failure to protect sensitive safety information

s.042

Unauthorised disclosure of information relating to a safety investigation

s.043

Failure to provide information on persons and dangerous goods on board a launch vehicle following a spaceflight accident

s.044

Disclosure of information relating to persons on board a launch vehicle and persons to be contacted in the event of a spaceflight accident

s.045

Penalties

s.046

Review

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