The Space Industry Regulations 2021

Relevant agreements U.K.

43.—(1) Where the licensee’s range control services consist of or include monitoring the designated range, before commencing those services, the licensee must enter into an agreement in writing (a “relevant agreement”) with the following persons (each a “relevant authority”)—

(a) the person specified in regulation 44(a), and

(b) where United Kingdom territorial waters fall within the designated range, each of the persons specified in regulation 44(b) and (c)

and provide a copy of such agreement to the regulator.

(2) A relevant agreement must—

(a) relate to the provision of the licensee’s range control services in respect of the operator’s spaceflight activities at the designated site or place;

(b) set out the terms under which the licensee will co-operate with the relevant authority to ensure the effective and safe operation of the range prior to and during the operator’s spaceflight activities including—

(i) the information which the licensee must provide to the relevant authority in order for the relevant authority to fulfil its function of issuing notifications to third party air users and mariners;

(ii) the time period within which and the format in which such information must be provided;

(iii) the procedures for communication between the parties to the relevant agreement.

(3) The licensee must review the relevant agreement on an annual basis to determine whether, having regard to its operation over the preceding period of 12 months, any amendment is appropriate or necessary and the first review must take place on the first anniversary (with subsequent reviews taking place on each subsequent anniversary) of the date of the relevant agreement.

(4) If, following such review, the licensee considers that an amendment to the agreement is appropriate or necessary, it must take all reasonable steps to agree an amendment to the relevant agreement with the relevant authority which it considers reasonably necessary to address matters arising out of the review.

(5) The licensee must not terminate or enter into any amendment to a relevant agreement unless it has notified the regulator and obtained the regulator’s prior written approval to such termination or amendment.

(6) If a relevant agreement is terminated by a party other than the licensee (a “terminated agreement”), the licensee must, without delay, notify the regulator and take steps to enter into an agreement in place of the terminated agreement (a “replacement agreement”) and the provisions of this regulation apply to the replacement agreement as they applied to the terminated agreement.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 43 in force at 29.7.2021, see reg. 1(1)