The Space Industry Regulations 2021

CHAPTER 4 U.K. Contents of the occurrence report

Contents of the occurrence report U.K.

274.—(1) The occurrence report must include—

(a) the name and address of the licensee,

(b) the role of the person within the licensee’s organisation who has prepared the occurrence report on the licensee’s behalf,

(c) the date of the occurrence report and the time when it was made,

(d) the date and time of the occurrence and where it took place,

(e) if any person has died or sustained an injury as a result of the occurrence—

(i) the number of such persons who have died,

(ii) the number of such persons who are injured,

(iii) a description of the injuries of such persons including any injuries which resulted in death,

(iv) if the person falls within the description of persons in regulation 40 (persons who are not members of the public), the description in that regulation which the person falls within,

(v) any other role or capacity of the person in connection with spaceflight activities, and

(vi) whether the person is a member of the public,

(f) whether the occurrence falls within one or more of Categories A to E described in regulation 275,

(g) a short description of the occurrence and the circumstances in which it happened,

(h) any action taken to prevent the occurrence happening again and improve safety relating to the operator’s spaceflight activities, the operation of the spaceport or other place from which the launch is to take place or takes place or the provision of range control services following the occurrence,

(i) any notification of the occurrence to—

(i) the Chief Inspector of SAIA or to a police officer or, in relation to Scotland, a constable for the area where the occurrence took place, as required by regulation 7 of the Spaceflight Activities (Investigation of Spaceflight Accidents) Regulations 2021, and

(ii) any other national or international body investigating spaceflight accidents for the purposes of accident prevention, and

(j) if a body referred to in sub-paragraph (i) has been notified, the method by which that body was notified.

(2) In this regulation “member of the public” has the same meaning as its prescribed meaning for the purpose of section 10(a) given in regulation 39.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 274 in force at 29.7.2021, see reg. 1(1)

Categories of occurrence U.K.

275.  For the purposes of regulation 274(1)(f), the categories of occurrence are occurrences related to—

(a) preparations for spaceflight activities at a spaceport or other place from which such preparations take place (Category A),

(b) the launch vehicle or any carrier aircraft, including a technical failure in such a vehicle or aircraft, during—

(i) preparations for the launch from the time when that vehicle or its component parts or that aircraft or its component parts arrive at the spaceport or other place from which the launch is to take place or takes place (Category B), or

(ii) the operator’s spaceflight activities (Category B),

(c) a technical failure in the mission management facility or ground control at the spaceport or other place (Category C),

(d) failure in the provision of range control services (Category D), and

(e) human occupants (Category E).

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 275 in force at 29.7.2021, see reg. 1(1)