The Space Industry Regulations 2021

Access to records of individual exposure to cosmic radiation U.K.

148.—(1) An interested person may request that a spaceflight operator cause to be produced to the interested person a copy of the record required to be maintained under regulation 147 in relation to a crew member specified in that request.

(2) “Interested person” means—

(a) the crew member to whom the record relates,

(b) another spaceflight operator (“O”), or a person other than O employing or otherwise engaging the crew member to perform duties for O on board a launch vehicle or a carrier aircraft, where the request is made for the purpose of complying with O’s requirements in relation to the crew member under this Part,

(c) any approved doctor who makes the request—

(i) in relation to an examination or health review the approved doctor is due to perform, or has performed, in accordance with regulation 144 of the crew member to whom the record relates, and

(ii) in connection with making a determination as mentioned in paragraph (3) of that regulation.

(3) The spaceflight operator must, within a reasonable time of receiving a request under paragraph (1), cause a copy of the record to be produced to the person who requested it.

(4) The spaceflight operator must take measures to ensure that all records referred to in paragraph (1) are protected as confidential information, and not disclosed otherwise than in accordance with this regulation or to an approved medical assessor for the purposes of that assessor performing duties as a medical assessor.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 148 in force at 29.7.2021, see reg. 1(1)