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Regulation 7 Obligation to notify spaceflight accident

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(1)

Any person involved who has knowledge of the occurrence of a spaceflight accident in or over the United Kingdom must notify it without delay—

(a)

to the Chief Inspector, and

(b)

to a police officer or, in relation to Scotland, a constable for the area where the accident occurred.

(2)

The Chief Inspector must notify any other state concerned of the occurrence of a spaceflight accident of which the Chief Inspector has been notified.

(3)

For the purposes of paragraph (2), states concerned in relation to a spaceflight accident include the states—

(a)

in or over which the spaceflight accident took place;

(b)

in which the launch vehicle was launched;

(c)

in which the launch vehicle was designed;

(d)

in which the launch vehicle was manufactured.