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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/38/section/10</dc:identifier><dc:title>Outer Space Act 1986</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to confer licensing and other powers on the Secretary of State to secure compliance with the international obligations of the United Kingdom with respect to the launching and operation of space objects and the carrying on of other activities in outer space by persons connected with this country.</dc:description><dc:date>1986-07-18</dc:date><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2021-11-05</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2021-07-29</dct:valid>
					
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				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/38/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/38/body" NumberOfProvisions="17" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictStartDate="2021-07-29"><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/38/crossheading/other-controls" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/38/crossheading/other-controls" NumberOfProvisions="4" id="crossheading-other-controls" RestrictStartDate="2021-07-29"><Title> Other controls</Title><P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictStartDate="2015-10-01"><Title> Obligation to indemnify government against claims.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/38/section/10" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/38/section/10" id="section-10"><Pnumber>10</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/38/section/10/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/38/section/10/1" id="section-10-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>A person to whom this Act applies shall indemnify Her Majesty’s government in the United Kingdom against any claims brought against the government in respect of damage or loss arising out of activities carried on by him to which this Act applies.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/38/section/10/1A" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/38/section/10/1A" id="section-10-1A"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-04e065c57bce2d5725e45763962691a7-1455347324222" CommentaryRef="key-04e065c57bce2d5725e45763962691a7">1A</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-04e065c57bce2d5725e45763962691a7-1455347324222" CommentaryRef="key-04e065c57bce2d5725e45763962691a7">Subsection (1) is subject to—</Addition></Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/38/section/10/1A/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/38/section/10/1A/a" id="section-10-1A-a"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-04e065c57bce2d5725e45763962691a7-1455347324222" CommentaryRef="key-04e065c57bce2d5725e45763962691a7">a</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-04e065c57bce2d5725e45763962691a7-1455347324222" CommentaryRef="key-04e065c57bce2d5725e45763962691a7">any limit on the amount of a person's liability that is specified in a licence, and</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/38/section/10/1A/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/38/section/10/1A/b" id="section-10-1A-b"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-04e065c57bce2d5725e45763962691a7-1455347324222" CommentaryRef="key-04e065c57bce2d5725e45763962691a7">b</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-04e065c57bce2d5725e45763962691a7-1455347324222" CommentaryRef="key-04e065c57bce2d5725e45763962691a7">any order made under section 3(3).</Addition></Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/38/section/10/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/38/section/10/2" id="section-10-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>This section does not apply—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/38/section/10/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/38/section/10/2/a" id="section-10-2-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>to a person acting as employee or agent of another; or</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/38/section/10/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/38/section/10/2/b" id="section-10-2-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>to damage or loss resulting from anything done on the instructions of the Secretary of State.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-04e065c57bce2d5725e45763962691a7" Type="F"><Para><Text>S. 10(1A) inserted (1.10.2015) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2015/20" id="c2719g572-00007" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2015" Number="20" Title="Deregulation Act 2015">Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c2719g572-00008" CitationRef="c2719g572-00007" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2015/20/section/12/4" SectionRef="section-12-4" Operative="true">ss. 12(4)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c2719g572-00009" CitationRef="c2719g572-00007" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2015/20/section/115/7" SectionRef="section-115-7">115(7)</CitationSubRef>; <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/994" id="c2719g572-00010" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2015" Number="994" Title="The Deregulation Act 2015 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2015">S.I. 2015/994</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c2719g572-00011" CitationRef="c2719g572-00010" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/994/article/11/f" SectionRef="article-11-f">art. 11(f)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>