PART 8Safety of operator’s spaceflight activities
CHAPTER 3Review and revision of safety case and risk assessment
Steps required after review, or review and revision, of the risk assessment82.
(1)
This regulation applies in addition to regulation 81 if the launch vehicle has a human occupant.
(2)
Where the current risk assessment has been reviewed under regulation 80 and revised, the spaceflight operator must supply to the regulator without delay a copy of—
(a)
the current risk assessment which has been revised under regulation 80, and
(b)
the results in writing of any tests and any technical analysis or other information supporting the need for the revision of that risk assessment.
(3)
Where the current risk assessment has been reviewed under regulation 80 and a decision has been taken not to revise it, the spaceflight operator must without delay—
(a)
inform the regulator in writing, and
(b)
provide the regulator with written reasons for that decision.
(4)
Until the spaceflight operator has received the regulator’s confirmation in writing that it accepts the revised risk assessment supplied to it under paragraph (2), the spaceflight operator must not—
(a)
implement any changes to its spaceflight activities as a result of the revision of that risk assessment, or
(b)
commence a launch of a launch vehicle.