# Space Industry Act 2018, Section 19: Safety regulations


(1) Regulations (referred to in this Act as “safety regulations”) may make provision for the purposes of—
(a) securing the safe operation of spaceports and mission management facilities;
(b) securing that spaceflight activities are carried out safely;
(c) securing that the range for spaceflight activities enables the activities to be carried out safely.
(2) Schedule 3 gives examples of particular kinds of provision that may be made by safety regulations.
That Schedule does not limit subsection (1).
(3) The regulator may issue guidance about how a person carrying out spaceflight activities, operating a spaceport or providing range control services may comply with requirements imposed by safety regulations.
(4) In this Act “mission management facility” means a site (other than a spaceport) from which spaceflight activities are controlled or (as the case may be) are to be controlled.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/5/section/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/space-industry-act-2018/section-19
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