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Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017

Licences and permits - High-altitude licences

48: Conditions and insurance relating to high-altitude licence

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"Rules for high-altitude licences: what you must do and have, like insurance and launch plans."

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If you have a high-altitude licence, you must tell the Minister about your launch plans, including when and where it will happen. You need to provide details about the launch, such as its purpose and the altitude you plan to reach. You also need to give information about any payload you will be carrying, like what it is for and who will be communicating with it. You must follow any requests made by the Minister under section 50 and comply with the Civil Aviation Act 2023. The Minister can also require you to have insurance as a condition of your licence, and they will specify what type and amount of insurance you need to have.

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Part 2Licences and permits
High-altitude licences

48Conditions and insurance relating to high-altitude licence

  1. A licensee must—

  2. provide to the Minister, in accordance with any prescribed requirements,—
    1. the date, nature, location, purpose, intended duration, and intended range of altitudes of each proposed launch and operation; and
      1. information about any high-altitude payload to be carried by a high-altitude vehicle under the licence (including the purpose of carrying the high-altitude payload, the intended frequencies of the high-altitude payload, and who intends to communicate with the high-altitude payload); and
        1. any prescribed information relating to each launch; and
        2. comply with any request by the Minister under section 50; and
          1. notify the Minister, in accordance with any prescribed requirements, if the high-altitude vehicle deviates from operational parameters; and
            1. obtain advance approval from the Minister for any intended deviation from operational parameters; and
              1. conduct the launch and operation in a manner that complies with the Civil Aviation Act 2023 and any regulations and rules made under that Act; and
                1. comply with any other conditions prescribed by regulations relating to the launch and operation of a high-altitude vehicle; 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. regulate any high-altitude payload carried by the high-altitude vehicle; or
                      1. protect national security or other national interests.

                      2. The Minister may require a licensee, as a condition of the licence, to hold insurance of a type and an amount (including a type and an amount calculated in a manner prescribed in regulations) specified by the Minister.

                      Notes
                      • Section 48(1)(e): amended, on , by section 486 of the Civil Aviation Act 2023 (2023 No 10).