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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/792/regulation/49</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Space Industry Regulations 2021</dc:title><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">SPACE INDUSTRY</dc:subject><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2025-05-20</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2025-04-01</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>These Regulations implement the Space Industry Act 2018 (“the Act”) (c. 5) by putting in place a regulatory regime for spaceflight operations carried out in the United Kingdom.</dc:description>
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<Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-a0f69633999d496f1367768e94e77240"/>49</Pnumber>
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<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para><Text>Where the licensee’s range control services consist of or include the issue of notifications in connection with monitoring the designated range, the licensee must notify the persons listed in paragraph (2) of certain information relating to the operator’s spaceflight activities in accordance with regulation <InternalLink Ref="regulation-50" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2021/792/regulation/50" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/792/regulation/50">50</InternalLink>.</Text>
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<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
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<Text>The persons referred to in paragraph (1) are—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>the local authority<FootnoteRef Ref="f00041"/> in whose administrative area any area of land comprised in the designated range is situated, whether wholly or partially;</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>the emergency services which are relevant to the location of the designated site or place;</Text>
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<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/792/regulation/49/2/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2021/792/regulation/49/2/c" id="regulation-49-2-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
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<Text>the regulator;</Text>
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<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
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<Text>every owner, lessee or occupier of any part of the land falling within the designated range;</Text>
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<Pnumber>e</Pnumber>
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<Text>any other person or organisation specified in a condition subject to which the licence is granted which the regulator considers should be notified of spaceflight activities taking place within the designated range.</Text>
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<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
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<Text>In this regulation “<Term id="term-owner">owner</Term>” has the meaning given in section 56 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982<FootnoteRef Ref="f00042"/>.</Text>
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<Para><Text>“<Term id="term-local-authority">local authority</Term>” has the meaning given in section 69(1) of the Space Industry Act 2018.</Text></Para>
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<FootnoteText>
<Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/16" id="c00038" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1982" Number="0016">1982 c. 16</Citation>.</Text></Para>
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