4(1)It is an offence for a person, by means of a device, substance or weapon, intentionally to commit at a spaceport an act of violence that—U.K.
(a)causes or is likely to cause death or serious personal injury, and
(b)endangers or is likely to endanger the safe operation of the spaceport or the safety of persons at the spaceport.
(2)It is also an offence for a person, by means of a device, substance or weapon, unlawfully and intentionally—
(a)to destroy or seriously to damage—
(i)property used for the provision of facilities at a spaceport (including any apparatus or equipment so used), or
(ii)a spacecraft or carrier aircraft at a spaceport, other than a craft that is being prepared for launch or has completed a flight within the previous 24 hours, or
(b)to disrupt the services of a spaceport,
in such a way as to endanger or be likely to endanger the safe operation of the spaceport or the safety of persons at the spaceport.
(3)Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) apply—
(a)whether the act in question is committed in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, and
(b)whatever the nationality of the person committing the act.
(4)In this paragraph “unlawfully” has the same meaning as in paragraph 2.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 4 para. 4 in force at 29.7.2021 by S.I. 2021/817, reg. 2, Sch. para. 109 (with reg. 3)