# Space Industry Act 2018, Section 48: Compensation in respect of planning decisions relating to spaceport safety etc: Northern Ireland

Extent: N.I.

(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—
(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
(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—
(i) a spaceport, or
(ii) range control apparatus.
(2) “The relevant person” is—
(a) where subsection (1)(b)(i) applies, the person authorised to operate the spaceport by a spaceport licence;
(b) where subsection (1)(b)(ii) applies, the range control service provider who operates the relevant range control apparatus.
(3) In this section—
“planning decision” includes a revocation or modification of a planning permission under Part 3 of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011;
“range control apparatus” means apparatus operated by a range control service provider for the purposes of providing range control services.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/5/section/48 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/space-industry-act-2018/section-48
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