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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-space-industry-regulations-2021/regulation-138",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2021/9780348223682",
  "legislation_title": "The Space Industry Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-space-industry-regulations-2021",
  "path": "regulation/138",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "138",
  "heading": "Protection of pregnant crew",
  "text": "(1) A spaceflight operator must inform all crew members of the importance of giving early notification of pregnancy to the spaceflight operator in view of the risks of exposure to the unborn child.\n(2) If the suspension of a pregnant crew member’s medical certificate is lifted in accordance with regulation 76(5)(a), a spaceflight operator must ensure that—\n(a) the conditions of exposure to cosmic radiation for the crew member in the context of her duties are such that the equivalent dose to the unborn child is as low as reasonably achievable, and\n(b) it is unlikely that that dose will exceed 1 mSv during the remainder of the pregnancy.\n(3) In this regulation, “equivalent dose” has the meaning given in Article 4(33) of the Directive.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348223682/regulation/138",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:47:12.105519+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}