{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/outer-space-act-1986/section-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/outer-space-act-1986/section-15.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/38",
  "legislation_title": "Outer Space Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/outer-space-act-1986",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Outer Space Act 1986.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.\n(6) Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that this Act shall apply, subject to such exceptions and modifications as may be specified in the Order, to the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or any dependent territory.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 15(2)-(4) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 15(6) power to extend conferred (1.10.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), ss. 12(7), 115(7); S.I. 2015/994, art. 11(f)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/38/section/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:21:50.288173+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}