{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-space-industry-regulations-2021/regulation-177",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-space-industry-regulations-2021/regulation-177.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2021/9780348223682",
  "legislation_title": "The Space Industry Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-space-industry-regulations-2021",
  "path": "regulation/177",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "177",
  "heading": "Security controls for supplies",
  "text": "(1) A licensee must ensure that—\n(a) appropriate and proportionate security controls are applied to space site supplies entering a space site,\n(b) supplies are protected from unauthorised interference or tampering from the point at which security controls are applied until delivery to the site,\n(c) it is familiar with any security controls to be applied to supplies prior to delivery onto the site,\n(d) suppliers are informed of the requirements and restrictions to be imposed on supplies prior to entry onto the site,\n(e) the licensee retains the final authority to allow supplies to enter the site where the provision of security controls to be applied to supplies prior to delivery onto the site is under the control of third parties,\n(f) there are procedures in place to enable supplies entering the site to be inspected and screened, and\n(g) staff with access to supplies to which security controls have been applied have been recruited and given security awareness training in accordance with the requirements of the Act and Chapter 4 of this Part.\n(2) In this regulation—\n“space site supplies” means all items intended to be used, sold or made available for any purpose or activity on the space site, and\n“supplies” includes equipment but does not include payloads or launch vehicles and supplies shall be considered as space site supplies from the time that they are identifiable as supplies to be used, sold, or made available for any purpose or activity on the space site.",
  "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/177",
    "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."
}