PART 4Grant of a spaceflight operator licence: risk

CHAPTER 2Risks to persons who are not crew or spaceflight participants

SECTION 2Information to be provided to the regulator

Contents of the safety case29.

(1)

On making an application for a launch operator licence or a return operator licence, an applicant must give the regulator a safety case that includes—

(a)

the information about the applicant and the applicant’s proposed spaceflight activities listed in paragraphs 1 to 10 of Schedule 1;

(b)

the technical particulars listed in paragraphs 11 to 17 of Schedule 1;

(c)

the outcomes of each of the steps taken as part of the flight safety analysis required by regulation 26(1);

(d)

the outcomes of each of the steps taken as part of the ground safety analysis required by regulation 27;

(e)

any measures that the applicant considered but does not intend to implement to prevent, or to control or mitigate the consequences of, an identified hazard, and an explanation of why it was not reasonably practicable to implement those measures;

(f)

a description of any consultation with, or involvement in the preparation of the safety case of—

(i)

representatives of the applicant’s workforce;

(ii)

a proposed spaceport licensee;

(iii)

proposed range control service providers.

(2)

If the applicant revises the safety case after giving it to the regulator, the applicant must give the regulator the revised safety case without delay.