PART 5

Grant of a spaceport licence
CHAPTER 3

Members of the public

Persons who are not members of the public
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1
The persons referred to in regulation 39 are—
a
an appointee, employee or agent of a licensee;
b
a member of the crew who has consented to accept the risks involved in the operator’s spaceflight activities in accordance with section 17 (informed consent);
c
a spaceflight participant who has consented to accept the risks involved in the operator’s spaceflight activities in accordance with section 17;
d
an individual not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) who is taking part in the operator’s spaceflight activities;
e
an officer or partner of a licensee;
f
an individual who is at a spaceport at the invitation of a licensee;
g
an employee or an individual acting on behalf of the regulator or with the regulator’s authority;
h
an employee or an individual acting on behalf of the government of another country in connection with spaceflight activities;
i
an employee of the emergency services;
j
an employee of SAIA;
k
compliance authority personnel;
l
an employee of a qualifying health and safety authority;
m
a member of the armed forces of the Crown.
2
For the purposes of paragraph (1)—
- “compliance authority personnel” includes the following individuals—
  1. an individual appointed as an Inspector of Spaceflight Accidents under regulation 6(1) of the Spaceflight Activities (Investigation of Spaceflight Accidents) Regulations 2021 ;
  2. CAA inspectors and auditors;
  3. inspectors of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and its agencies;
  4. an air traffic controller;
  5. an employee of the National Crime Agency ;
  6. an employee of an intelligence service;
  7. a constable;
- “officer” in paragraph (1)(e) has the meaning given in section 57(3);
- “partner” in paragraph (1)(e) has the meaning given in section 58(6).
S.I. 2021/793.
The National Crime Agency was established by section 1 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22).
Reg. 40 in force at 29.7.2021, see reg. 1(1)