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9.—(1) A spaceflight operator must appoint an individual to undertake, on the spaceflight operator’s behalf, the role of safety manager.
(2) The spaceflight operator must ensure that the safety manager’s duties are—
(a)day-to-day development, administration and maintenance of an effective safety management system under regulation 85 and Schedule 4,
(b)examination of all aspects of the spaceflight operator’s activity relating to securing that its spaceflight activities are carried out safely in accordance with Part 8, and
(c)monitoring those involved in the operator’s spaceflight activities to ensure compliance with the spaceflight operator’s safety policies and procedures in accordance with Part 8.
(3) A launch operator licensee must appoint individuals to undertake, on its behalf, the roles of—
(a)launch director,
(b)training manager, and
(c)security manager.
(4) The launch operator licensee must ensure that—
(a)the launch director has the duties set out in regulation 88, and
(b)the training manager has responsibility for the conduct and management of the spaceflight operator’s training programme in accordance with Part 7.
(5) Where a return operator licence authorises the carrying out of activities which may give rise to any issue of national security, the regulator must include a condition in that licence requiring the operator to appoint a security manager.
(6) Where paragraph (5) applies, the operator must ensure that the security manager has the duties set out in regulation 169.
(7) A spaceflight operator may—
(a)subject to paragraph (8), appoint the same individual to undertake more than one of the roles under this regulation;
(b)appoint the same individual to undertake the role of safety manager under this regulation and accountable manager under regulation 8.
(8) A launch operator licensee must not appoint the same individual to undertake the role of safety manager and launch director.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 9 in force at 29.7.2021, see reg. 1(1)
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