PART 8Safety of operator’s spaceflight activities

CHAPTER 4Other safety requirements

SECTION 4Safety operations manual

Safety operations manual

90.—(1) A spaceflight operator must retain and keep up to date a safety operations manual which must contain the information, procedures and instructions necessary for the operating staff to carry out their spaceflight duties safely including, in particular, information, procedures and instructions relating to matters specified in Schedule 5.

(2) When updating the safety operations manual, the spaceflight operator must—

(a)take into account the outcomes of the steps taken under regulation 28(1);

(b)consult the spaceport licensee, if any;

(c)consult the range control service provider, if any.

(3) If the spaceflight operator updates the safety operations manual, the spaceflight operator must give the regulator the updated safety operations manual without delay.

(4) The spaceflight operator must make available to its operating staff the safety operations manual, or those sections of the manual which are relevant to their spaceflight duties.

(5) The spaceflight operator must ensure that each copy of the safety operations manual is kept up to date.

(6) The spaceflight operator must take all reasonable steps to secure that all members of its operating staff—

(a)are aware of the contents of every part of the safety operations manual which is relevant to their spaceflight duties, and

(b)undertake those duties in conformity with the relevant provisions of the safety operations manual.