{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-spaceflight-activities-investigation-of-spaceflight-accidents-regulations-2021/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-spaceflight-activities-investigation-of-spaceflight-accidents-regulations-2021/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2021/9780348223699",
  "legislation_title": "The Spaceflight Activities (Investigation of Spaceflight Accidents) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-spaceflight-activities-investigation-of-spaceflight-accidents-regulations-2021",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Obligation to notify spaceflight accident",
  "text": "(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—\n(a) to the Chief Inspector, and\n(b) to a police officer or, in relation to Scotland, a constable for the area where the accident occurred.\n(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.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), states concerned in relation to a spaceflight accident include the states—\n(a) in or over which the spaceflight accident took place;\n(b) in which the launch vehicle was launched;\n(c) in which the launch vehicle was designed;\n(d) in which the launch vehicle was manufactured.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348223699/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:47:09.948062+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."
}