Launch director’s or safety manager’s obligations to a spaceflight participant about stations
119.—(1) If a launch vehicle has no pilot in command or remote pilot—
(a)where the operator’s spaceflight activities are authorised by a launch operator licence, the launch director, or
(b)where those activities are authorised by a return operator licence, the safety manager,
must ensure that each spaceflight participant is seated at the spaceflight participant’s assigned station and secured in that participant’s seat by a safety belt or other restraint device at the times or during the periods referred to in paragraph (2).
(2) The times or periods are—
(a)before launch and landing and during any taxiing operation necessary for the operator’s spaceflight activities,
(b)during periods of flight when the effects on the human body of the forces due to acceleration and their duration are most acute, and
(c)at any other time when necessary for the flight to be carried out safely.