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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/792/regulation/11</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Space Industry Regulations 2021</dc:title><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">SPACE INDUSTRY</dc:subject><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2025-05-20</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2025-04-01</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>These Regulations implement the Space Industry Act 2018 (“the Act”) (c. 5) by putting in place a regulatory regime for spaceflight operations carried out in the United Kingdom.</dc:description>
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<Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-ed4cdda7a8b0f6e3e1eea0eb5d4d7085"/>11</Pnumber>
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<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para><Text>A range control licensee must appoint individuals to undertake, on that licensee’s behalf, the roles of—</Text>
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<Text>range safety manager,</Text>
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<Text>range operations manager,</Text>
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<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
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<Text>accountable manager,</Text>
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<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
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<Text>security manager, and</Text>
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<Text>training manager.</Text>
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<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
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<Text>The range control licensee must ensure that—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>the range safety manager’s duties are—</Text>
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<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
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<Text>day-to-day development, administration and maintenance of an effective safety management system under regulation <InternalLink Ref="regulation-52" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2021/792/regulation/52" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/792/regulation/52">52</InternalLink>,</Text>
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<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
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<Text>examination of all aspects of the range control licensee’s licensed activity relating to securing that its licensed activities are carried out safely, and</Text>
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<Pnumber>iii</Pnumber>
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<Text>monitoring those involved in the range control licensee’s activities to ensure compliance with the range control licensee’s safety policies and procedures;</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>the range operations manager has a duty to ensure that the range control licensee’s licensed activities are properly and safely undertaken in accordance with the range control licence and requirements imposed on the range control licensee in or under the Act;</Text>
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<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
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<Text>the accountable manager has a duty to establish and maintain an effective management system and for ensuring that the range control licensee’s licensed activities can be financed and carried out in accordance with the provisions contained in or made under the Act and the conditions of the licence;</Text>
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<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
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<Text>the training manager has responsibility for the conduct and management of the range control licensee’s training programme in accordance with Part 7.</Text>
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<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
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<Text>A range control licensee may appoint the same individual to undertake more than one of the roles prescribed in paragraph (1).</Text>
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