PART 11Security
CHAPTER 6Security provisions for the protection of US technology
Segregated areas192.
(1)
A licensee who intends to carry out launch activities must make a proposal to the Secretary of State and the US Government for an area to be designated as a segregated area for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (2).
(2)
The area proposed by the licensee may be designated by the Secretary of State and the US Government for—
(a)
the purposes of ensuring that all US spaceflight activities that are subject to an agreement between the United Kingdom and the US Government are secured to prevent the unauthorised transfer of US technology to third parties, and
(b)
as long as there is US technology in that area.
(3)
The licensee must ensure that the boundaries of the segregated area are clearly delineated.
(4)
If any US launch vehicle, US spacecraft or US related equipment, or debris thereof, is recovered and stored after an accident, the area in which it is stored may be designated by the Secretary of State as a segregated area.