The Space Industry Regulations 2021

CHAPTER 3 U.K. The consent form

Details to be included in the consent form U.K.

206.—(1) The consent form must include—

(a) the full name, address and date of birth of the human occupant,

(b) the name and address of the spaceflight operator,

(c) the design specification of the launch vehicle to be used for the operator’s spaceflight activities, and

(d) the details of the current risk assessment for the operator’s spaceflight activities in an easily understandable form.

(2) Where the consent form is to be signed by a spaceflight participant, the consent form must, in addition to the details set out in paragraph (1), contain details of—

(a) the spaceport or other place from which the launch vehicle is to be launched,

(b) the spaceport or other place at which a controlled or planned landing of the launch vehicle is to take place,

(c) the planned date of the flight,

(d) the flight nomenclature, and

(e) the planned trajectory and duration of the flight.

(3) Where the consent form is to be signed by a member of the crew, the consent form may relate to more than one flight where—

(a) all the flights are to take place in a launch vehicle of the same design specification, and

(b) the current risk assessment relates to all the flights.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 206 in force at 29.7.2021, see reg. 1(1)

Statements to be included in the consent form U.K.

207.—(1) The consent form must include statements that the human occupant—

(a) has fulfilled the criteria in paragraphs 50 and 52 of Schedule 3,

(b) has read and understood—

(i) the details of the current risk assessment for the operator’s spaceflight activities, and

(ii) the other information specified in regulations 209 and 210,

(c) has been given the opportunity to ask questions and received answers to those questions in accordance with regulation 211,

(d) accepts and understands that the operator’s spaceflight activities carry an inherent risk of danger and in particular that—

(i) the activities may result in death or injury,

(ii) the regulator has not certified that the launch vehicle complies with any national or international safety standards, and

(iii) the provision referred to in paragraph (2) will not apply in the event of the human occupant dying or sustaining injury by taking part in the operator’s spaceflight activities, and

(e) has not been unduly influenced to consent to accept the risks involved in the operator’s spaceflight activities.

(2) The provision referred to in paragraph (1)(d)(iii) is section 34(2) (which provides for damages to be recovered without proof of negligence or intention or other cause of action, as if the injury or damage had been caused by the wilful act, neglect, or default of the licensee)(1).

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 207 in force at 29.7.2021, see reg. 1(1)

No derogation from statements in the consent form U.K.

208.  The consent form must not contain any provision which derogates from the statements required to be included in the form by regulation 207.

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 208 in force at 29.7.2021, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

See regulation 218(1)(c) and (d) of Part 12. For the purposes of section 34(3)(a) of the Space Industry Act 2018, a human occupant under this Part is an individual of a prescribed description taking part in spaceflight activities.