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Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017

Licences and permits - Facility licences

41: Conditions and indemnity relating to facility licence

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"Rules for having a space facility licence, including telling the Minister about changes and paying back the government if something goes wrong"

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If you have a facility licence, you must notify the Minister if a licence or permit from another country that was used to meet certain criteria under section 51 changes, expires, or is revoked. You must also follow any conditions set by the Minister for a launch facility and any other conditions the Minister thinks are necessary. These conditions might be to meet New Zealand's international obligations, protect national security, or ensure public safety.

The Minister can require you to indemnify the Crown, which means you would have to pay the Crown back if it has to pay someone else because of something you did or did not do under this Act. This could happen if someone makes a claim against the Crown under international law, including the Liability Convention or the Outer Space Treaty.

You might have to pay the Crown back for any claim brought against it because of your actions or lack of action under this Act.

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Part 2Licences and permits
Facility licences

41Conditions and indemnity relating to facility licence

  1. A licensee must—

  2. notify the Minister, in a case where the Minister has advised the licensee that the Minister treated a licence, permit, or other authorisation granted in a country other than New Zealand as satisfying any criteria under section 51, if that licence, permit, or other authorisation changes, expires, or is revoked; and
    1. comply with any prescribed conditions relating to a launch facility; and
      1. comply with any other conditions imposed by the Minister, including, without limitation, any conditions that the Minister considers necessary or desirable in order to—
        1. give effect to New Zealand’s international obligations; or
          1. protect national security or other national interests; or
            1. ensure public safety.

            2. The Minister may require a licensee, as a condition of the licence, to indemnify the Crown in whole or in part against—

            3. any claim brought against the Crown under the Liability Convention or the Outer Space Treaty; or
              1. any other claim brought against the Crown under international law in relation to an act or omission of the licensee under this Act.