PART 12Informed consent
CHAPTER 6Evidential requirements with regard to the information and the signification of consent
A written record of the information provided to the human occupant215.
(1)
The spaceflight operator must keep a written record of—
(b)
the date on which and time at which such information was provided to that individual.
(2)
Before a human occupant signs the consent form, the spaceflight operator must give a copy of the written record referred to in paragraph (1) to that individual.
The signification of consent216.
(1)
A human occupant must sign the consent form.
(2)
A human occupant must date the consent form and record on the form the time at which the consent form was signed.
(3)
An electronic signature satisfies the requirements to sign the consent form in paragraph (1).
(4)
In this regulation “electronic signature” has the same meaning as in section 7(2) (electronic signatures and related certificates) of the Electronic Communications Act 200061.
The consent form as evidence of signification of consent217.
The requirement in section 17(2) for consent to accept the risks involved in an operator’s spaceflight activities to be signified by signing the consent form is satisfied only if—