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40.—(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—
an individual appointed as an Inspector of Spaceflight Accidents under regulation 6(1) of the Spaceflight Activities (Investigation of Spaceflight Accidents) Regulations 2021(1);
CAA inspectors and auditors;
inspectors of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and its agencies;
an air traffic controller;
an employee of the National Crime Agency(2);
an employee of an intelligence service;
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).
The National Crime Agency was established by section 1 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22).
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