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The Outer Space Act 1986 (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2019

S.I. 2019/258 · Made 13 February 2019

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Outer Space

Made 13th February 2019

Coming into force 14th February 2019

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of February 2019

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 15(6) of the Outer Space Act 1986f1 and section 12(7) of the Deregulation Act 2015f2, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1986 c. 38.

f2

2015 c. 20.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Outer Space Act 1986 (Isle of Man) Order 1990
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Outer Space Act 1986 (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2019 and comes into force on 14th February 2019.

2Amendment of the Outer Space Act 1986 (Isle of Man) Order 1990

(1)

The Outer Space Act 1986 (Isle of Man) Order 1990f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In articles 2 and 3 after “Outer Space Act 1986” insert “as amended by section 12(1) to (4) of the Deregulation Act 2015”.

(3)

In the Schedule, after paragraph 4 insert—

“4A.

In section 6, after subsection (3) insert—

“(4)

The Secretary of State may vary any licence that is held at the time when the Outer Space Act 1986 (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2019f2 comes into force so as to specify the maximum amount of the licensee’s liability under section 10 in respect of activities authorised by the licence.

(5)

A variation under subsection (4) is to be made by giving notice in writing to the licensee.”.”.

Signature

Richard Tilbrook

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Outer Space Act (Isle of Man) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/596) to extend to the Isle of Man certain amendments made to that Act by section 12 of the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20) in respect of the ability of the Secretary of State to limit a licensee’s indemnity for activities authorised by the licence and to vary an existing licence to impose such a limit on liability for activities authorised by the licence.

An Impact Assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.