{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/space-industry-act-2018/section-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/space-industry-act-2018/section-48.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2018/5",
  "legislation_title": "Space Industry Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/space-industry-act-2018",
  "path": "section/48",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Compensation in respect of planning decisions relating to spaceport safety etc: Northern Ireland",
  "text": "(1) A district council in Northern Ireland is entitled to recover from the relevant person a sum equal to any compensation that council is liable to pay, if—\n(a) the council becomes liable to pay compensation to any person because of a planning decision taken under the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 by a council, the Department for Infrastructure, or the Planning Appeals Commission, and\n(b) the liability is attributable to a planning decision that would not have been taken but for the need to secure the safe and efficient operation of—\n(i) a spaceport, or\n(ii) range control apparatus.\n(2) “The relevant person” is—\n(a) where subsection (1)(b)(i) applies, the person authorised to operate the spaceport by a spaceport licence;\n(b) where subsection (1)(b)(ii) applies, the range control service provider who operates the relevant range control apparatus.\n(3) In this section—\n“planning decision” includes a revocation or modification of a planning permission under Part 3 of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011;\n“range control apparatus” means apparatus operated by a range control service provider for the purposes of providing range control services.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 48(1) in force at 29.7.2021 by S.I. 2021/817, reg. 2, Sch. para. 86 (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 48(2)(3) in force at 29.7.2021 by S.I. 2021/817, reg. 2, Sch. para. 87 (with reg. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/5/section/48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:05:03.510643+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."
}